Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Basildon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,346 approved · 1,020 refused · 163 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2019 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
1 Battleswick Basildon Essex SS14 3JX
Received 25 May 2022Dorrond Break Egg Hill Billericay Essex CM11 1EU
Received 13 May 2022Police Station Great Oaks Basildon Essex SS14 1EJ
Received 26 May 2022Police Station High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AB
Received 26 May 202223 Fanton Walk Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8QT
Received 26 May 202234 Raven Lane Billericay Essex CM12 0JA
Received 26 May 202256 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1AN
Received 26 May 2022Land On The East Side Of Newhouse Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 26 May 20229 Nayland Close Wickford Essex SS12 9AR
Received 26 May 202230 Bebington Drive Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5JN
Received 27 May 202251 Cromwell Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AG
Received 27 May 2022Land East Of Fobbing Farm Close Basildon Essex
Received 27 May 2022Land East Of Hornsby Way Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 27 May 2022Land West Of Ward Close Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 27 May 20227 Fanton Chase Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8QX
Received 27 May 2022Claygate Enfield Road Wickford Essex
Received 27 May 2022127 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JH
Received 27 May 2022DHL Unit 1 Crompton Close Basildon Essex SS14 3BA
Received 28 May 202241 Broadhurst Place Basildon Essex SS14 2FA
Received 28 May 202220 Keats Way Wickford Essex SS12 0BU
Received 28 May 202219 Sandown Road Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PA
Received 28 May 202245 Sparrows Herne Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5HW
Received 29 May 2022Ku Ming Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RR
Received 30 May 202268 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DT
Received 23 May 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Basildon Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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