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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.
5,459 approved · 1,047 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
17 Coppens Green Wickford Essex SS12 9PA
Received 30 Aug 20224 Elm Cottages Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UB
Received 30 Aug 20224 Elm Cottages Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UB
Received 30 Aug 202218 Smythe Road Billericay Essex CM11 1SE
Received 31 Aug 202225 Sandown Road Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PA
Received 30 Aug 2022Ardley Works London Road Billericay Essex CM12 9HP
Received 30 Aug 2022Dale Farm Oak Lane Billericay Essex CM11 2YJ
Received 31 Aug 2022Sun House 150 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9DF
Received 31 Aug 2022Toomey Dacia Bramston Way Laindon Essex SS15 6RW
Received 31 Aug 2022Dale Farm Oak Lane Billericay Essex CM11 2YJ
Received 1 Sept 20225 Sadlers Close Billericay Essex CM11 1SB
Received 1 Sept 202223 Westley Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5PA
Received 1 Sept 20223 Harebell Close Billericay Essex CM12 0TB
Received 1 Sept 20221 Northlands Place Basildon Essex SS13 1FN
Received 1 Sept 2022Ryedene Cp School Ryedene Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4SY
Received 1 Sept 2022Padda Court Irvon Hill Road Wickford Essex SS12 0AQ
Received 1 Sept 202229 Little Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BL
Received 2 Sept 202239 Bridleway Billericay Essex CM11 1DP
Received 2 Sept 202246 Oakwood Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0SA
Received 2 Sept 2022Land At Gardiners Lane South Gardiners Lane South Basildon Essex
Received 2 Sept 202240 West Park Crescent Billericay Essex CM12 9EG
Received 3 Sept 2022Land At Gardiners Lane South Gardiners Lane South Basildon Essex
Received 3 Sept 2022The Laurels London Road Billericay Essex CM12 9HP
Received 3 Sept 2022Land South Of 9 Cherry Tree Court Pound Lane Central Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 4 Sept 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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