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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.
5,431 approved · 1,042 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
168 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8EH
Received 26 Jul 202259 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BH
Received 26 Jul 2022Squire House 81 - 87 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AS
Received 14 Jul 20222 Collingwood Walk Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4DT
Received 26 Jul 2022Basildon Itech Burnt Mills Road Pitsea Essex SS13 1DQ
Received 21 Jul 2022Reids 66 Laindon Road Billericay Essex CM12 9LD
Received 26 Jul 2022Raybourne Cottage Rectory Road Billericay Essex CM12 9UA
Received 26 Jul 202217 Mentmore Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6DB
Received 26 Jul 2022Mayflower Retail Park, Unit 7 Gardiners Link Basildon Essex SS14 3HZ
Received 27 Jul 2022Mayflower Retail Park, Unit 7 Gardiners Link Basildon Essex SS14 3HZ
Received 27 Jul 202217 Berberis Close Basildon Essex SS16 6TN
Received 27 Jul 202242 Prower Close Billericay Essex CM11 2BU
Received 27 Jul 2022DHL Unit 1 Crompton Close Basildon Essex SS14 3BA
Received 27 Jul 20229 Victoria Close Laindon Essex SS15 6AP
Received 28 Jul 20223 The Barnyard Basildon Essex SS16 6SW
Received 28 Jul 202212 Bellevue Road Billericay Essex CM12 9HB
Received 28 Jul 2022Whites Farm Barleylands Road Basildon Essex SS15 4BG
Received 28 Jul 2022127 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JH
Received 29 Jul 2022144 Waldegrave Basildon Essex SS16 5EJ
Received 29 Jul 2022411 Outwood Common Road Billericay Essex CM11 1ET
Received 30 Jul 202293 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HN
Received 11 Jul 2022168 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8EH
Received 1 Aug 20222 The Glen Basildon Essex SS16 4XJ
Received 21 Jul 2022Basildon University Hospital Nether Mayne Basildon Essex SS16 5NL
Received 22 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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