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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.
5,467 approved · 1,052 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bensons Farm Wash Road Laindon Essex SS15 4BP
Received 8 Sept 20229 Victoria Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DH
Received 9 Sept 202252 Mount Road Wickford Essex SS11 8HL
Received 9 Sept 20221A Mons Avenue Billericay Essex CM11 2HG
Received 9 Sept 202246 Victoria Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DL
Received 9 Sept 20223 Holden Walk Fryerns Basildon Essex SS14 3LH
Received 9 Sept 20225 Cedar House Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0AD
Received 9 Sept 202210 Arundel Mews Billericay Essex CM12 0FW
Received 10 Sept 202210 Alpha Close Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HZ
Received 10 Sept 202237 Mill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2SF
Received 10 Sept 2022142 Grange Road Billericay Essex CM11 2SA
Received 10 Sept 20222 Davidson Gardens Wickford Essex SS12 9QP
Received 11 Sept 20223 - 31 Runwell Road Wickford Essex
Received 6 Sept 202211A Rosslyn Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JN
Received 12 Sept 2022Mayflower House 128 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9XE
Received 12 Sept 202236 Falkenham Rise Basildon Essex SS14 2JF
Received 12 Sept 2022Roundabout Off Chester Hall Lane Basildon Essex
Received 12 Sept 2022Elmswood Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XJ
Received 12 Sept 2022Garages At Swan Close Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 12 Sept 202211 Pendle Drive Basildon Essex SS14 3LS
Received 13 Sept 2022Kamset House Bentalls Basildon Essex SS14 3BX
Received 13 Sept 20229 Victoria Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DH
Received 9 Sept 2022127 Long Meadow Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8AZ
Received 13 Sept 2022And Land Rear Of 41 - 65 Potash Road Billericay Essex
Received 26 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.
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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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