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.
5,470 approved · 1,055 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Dixon Link Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5NS
Received 13 Sept 202246 Victoria Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DL
Received 13 Sept 2022U B B Essex Construction J V Visitor Centre Waste Treatment Facility Courtauld Road Basildon Essex SS13 1DB
Received 14 Sept 202218 Margarite Way Wickford Essex SS12 0ER
Received 14 Sept 20225 Gay Bowers Basildon Essex SS14 2SG
Received 15 Sept 2022The Glen Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9TG
Received 15 Sept 20226 Ilfracombe Avenue Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2DS
Received 15 Sept 20229 Woodlands Close Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4TW
Received 16 Sept 202223 Pittfields Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6RD
Received 16 Sept 2022Car Park 14 Laindon Link Basildon Essex
Received 16 Sept 202297 Chapel Street Billericay Essex CM12 9LR
Received 16 Sept 2022McDonald's High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3AX
Received 16 Sept 2022McDonald's High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3AX
Received 16 Sept 2022195 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TP
Received 19 Sept 2022Faraway Thames View Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LN
Received 20 Sept 202215 Lincefield Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6HS
Received 20 Sept 2022Unit 1 Old Market Retail Park High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3BY
Received 20 Sept 2022Rear Of 245 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LB
Received 20 Sept 2022Unit 2 Heron Trading Estate Bruce Grove Wickford Essex SS11 8BP
Received 21 Sept 2022Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 21 Sept 202212 Rumbullion Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0HE
Received 19 Sept 20221 Wych Elm House Nevendon Road Wickford Essex SS12 9RZ
Received 21 Sept 202219 The Warren Billericay Essex CM12 0LW
Received 21 Sept 20222 The Spinney Lower Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex CM13 3SP
Received 21 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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