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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.
5,476 approved · 1,057 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pace Laindon Service Station Southend Arterial Road Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6DP
Received 22 Sept 20226 Parklands Billericay Essex CM11 1AS
Received 22 Sept 2022Cranbourne Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9TG
Received 23 Sept 202211 Central Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0QZ
Received 23 Sept 2022Grand Central Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3GN
Received 23 Sept 2022245 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LB
Received 23 Sept 202241, 65 And Land Adjacent Potash Road Billericay Essex
Received 23 Sept 20228 Alresford Green Wickford Essex SS12 9RB
Received 23 Sept 20228 Alresford Green Wickford Essex SS12 9RB
Received 23 Sept 2022Gala Social Club Southernhay Basildon Essex SS14 1DH
Received 24 Sept 2022Festival Leisure Park, Unit 8D Festival Way Basildon Essex SS14 3WB
Received 24 Sept 202273 Elizabeth Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0DN
Received 24 Sept 2022Rear Of 245 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LB
Received 24 Sept 2022Malbo Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 24 Sept 2022St Helena London Road Vange Essex SS16 4PX
Received 27 Sept 2022St Helena London Road Vange Essex SS16 4PX
Received 27 Sept 2022Kenleigh High Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6BU
Received 27 Sept 202233 The Slades Basildon Essex SS16 4SJ
Received 27 Sept 202225 Mercer Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DH
Received 27 Sept 202256 Deirdre Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0AY
Received 27 Sept 2022Rear Of 245 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LB
Received 27 Sept 2022Charal Meadow Way Wickford Essex SS12 9HA
Received 27 Sept 2022Charal Meadow Way Wickford Essex SS12 9HA
Received 27 Sept 202234 Pleasant Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0JL
Received 27 Sept 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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