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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.
5,465 approved · 1,050 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Swallow Dale Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5JG
Received 5 Sept 2022DF Richards Chester Hall Lane Basildon Essex
Received 5 Sept 2022Woodvalley Farm Outwood Common Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HP
Received 6 Sept 2022Land At Cattawade End Fryerns Basildon Essex
Received 6 Sept 202222 Sweet Briar Drive Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4HA
Received 5 Sept 2022Great Broomfields Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9EP
Received 6 Sept 202211A Wakefield Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9DN
Received 6 Sept 2022183 Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0NU
Received 6 Sept 202237 Mersea Crescent Wickford Essex SS12 9GN
Received 6 Sept 2022Wilflovian Tye Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9NX
Received 6 Sept 202217 Gloucester Place Billericay Essex CM12 0YL
Received 7 Sept 202241 Broadhurst Place Basildon Essex SS14 2FA
Received 7 Sept 202228 Holly Bank Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6TE
Received 7 Sept 20225 Furze Glade Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6AW
Received 7 Sept 202223 Fanton Walk Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8QT
Received 7 Sept 20225 Broome Road Billericay Essex CM11 1ES
Received 7 Sept 20223 Tanswell Avenue Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3JL
Received 8 Sept 202223 Fanton Walk Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8QT
Received 8 Sept 202216 Tanfield Drive Billericay Essex CM12 9EB
Received 8 Sept 20225 Fairleigh Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2DY
Received 8 Sept 20221 Cumberland Drive Laindon Essex SS15 6QS
Received 8 Sept 2022Woodcot Grays Avenue Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LP
Received 8 Sept 202238 Hickstars Lane Billericay Essex CM12 9RJ
Received 8 Sept 2022FACEmed Cosmetic Medical And Dental Centre Crays Hill Billericay Essex
Received 8 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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