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.
5,455 approved · 1,047 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
12 Southernhay Basildon Essex SS14 1EL
Received 24 Aug 2022Nevendon Hall Church Lane Basildon Essex SS13 1BX
Received 24 Aug 2022Patricia Meadow Way Wickford SS12 9HA
Received 24 Aug 202245 Durban Lane Laindon Essex SS15 4JU
Received 24 Aug 2022Malbo Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 24 Aug 2022Grimshill Farm House Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay CM11 2PP
Received 24 Aug 2022Grimshill Farm House Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay CM11 2PP
Received 24 Aug 202242 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DX
Received 25 Aug 20226 Horace Road Billericay Essex CM11 1AA
Received 25 Aug 20222 Woodcote Crescent Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2EG
Received 25 Aug 2022148 Rectory Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2AJ
Received 25 Aug 20222 Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5DY
Received 25 Aug 20227 Wiggins Lane Billericay Essex CM12 9PS
Received 25 Aug 20222 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UG
Received 26 Aug 202231 Brightside Billericay Essex CM12 0LJ
Received 27 Aug 20227 Lampern Mews Billericay Essex CM12 0FG
Received 27 Aug 202283 Hyde Way Wickford Essex SS12 9BS
Received 27 Aug 202239 Elsenham Crescent Basildon Essex SS14 1UB
Received 27 Aug 202229 Crays View Billericay Essex CM12 9QX
Received 28 Aug 202257 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BH
Received 30 Aug 202228 Eastley Basildon Essex SS16 5TQ
Received 30 Aug 202225 Sandown Road Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PA
Received 30 Aug 20223 High Oaks Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6HL
Received 30 Aug 2022Spinnakers Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TD
Received 30 Aug 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