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.
5,426 approved · 1,041 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Louvaine Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DR
Received 11 Jul 202213 Springfield Road Billericay Essex CM12 0PR
Received 19 Jul 202218 Cedar Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 9DT
Received 19 Jul 2022Unit 5 Hurricane Way Wickford Essex SS11 8YB
Received 20 Jul 202223 The Rising Billericay Essex CM11 2HN
Received 20 Jul 2022Land At Canford Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 20 Jul 202220 High View Rise Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XU
Received 20 Jul 202243 Quilters Drive Billericay Essex CM12 9YE
Received 20 Jul 202228 Kennedy Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6LE
Received 21 Jul 20221 Cumberland Drive Laindon Essex SS15 6QS
Received 21 Jul 2022108A High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BY
Received 21 Jul 2022Velocity 30 Paycocke Road Basildon Essex SS14 3NW
Received 21 Jul 2022Five Acres Farm, Plot 2 Holly Tree Hovefields Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9JD
Received 21 Jul 2022108A High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BY
Received 21 Jul 202220 Chittock Gate Basildon Essex SS14 1RL
Received 22 Jul 20226 Fyfield Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0PD
Received 22 Jul 202240 Tensing Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 9JY
Received 22 Jul 202240 Tensing Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 9JY
Received 22 Jul 2022139 Beauchamps Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8NH
Received 22 Jul 2022Homeleigh Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TJ
Received 23 Jul 2022Vange Telephone Exchange High Road Pitsea SS13 3AA
Received 25 Jul 2022Ford Research And Engineering Centre West Mayne Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6EE
Received 25 Jul 2022Greensted Junior School Kirby Road Basildon Essex SS14 1RX
Received 25 Jul 202232 Jacks Close Wickford Essex SS11 8ED
Received 26 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.
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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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