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.
5,401 approved · 1,034 refused · 164 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
19 Cromwell Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AE
Received 8 Jul 2022Woolshots Farm Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RH
Received 9 Jul 2022Woolshots Farm Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RH
Received 9 Jul 2022Nevendon Manor Borwick Lane Wickford Essex SS12 0QA
Received 9 Jul 2022Nevendon Manor Borwick Lane Wickford Essex SS12 0QA
Received 9 Jul 202225 Ozonia Way Wickford Essex SS12 0PQ
Received 9 Jul 202218 Kingley Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0EP
Received 9 Jul 202216 Devereux Way Billericay Essex CM12 0YS
Received 9 Jul 202228 Cherry Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0HA
Received 10 Jul 2022108 Southernhay Basildon Essex SS14 1BF
Received 11 Jul 202214 Langley Place Billericay Essex CM12 0FR
Received 11 Jul 2022Land North Of Southend Arterial Road Rayleigh Essex
Received 7 Jul 2022St. Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex
Received 11 Jul 202285 Pound Lane Laindon Essex SS15 5SP
Received 11 Jul 2022Block A Morello Quarter Cherrydown East Basildon Essex SS16 5GS
Received 11 Jul 202233 Chesham Drive Laindon Essex SS15 4AH
Received 11 Jul 2022Laindon Service Station, Pace Southend Arterial Road Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6DP
Received 11 Jul 2022Land East Of Denewood Studland Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 11 Jul 2022Kozecot Southbourne Grove Wickford Essex SS12 0JT
Received 11 Jul 202218 Charity Farm Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9LF
Received 11 Jul 202241 Knightbridge Walk Billericay Essex CM12 0HN
Received 10 Jul 2022Land At Readers Yard And The Willows Off Fobbing High Road And Moores Avenue Fobbing Essex
Received 12 Jul 202269 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AU
Received 12 Jul 2022161 Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 0EE
Received 12 Jul 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage