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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.
5,486 approved · 1,059 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Kenilworth Place Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4DQ
Received 4 Oct 20228 Frithwood Lane Billericay Essex CM12 9PJ
Received 4 Oct 20222 Toucan Way Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5ER
Received 4 Oct 2022Ivy Bank 2 Tye Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9ND
Received 4 Oct 202233 Broad Oaks Wickford Essex SS12 9BQ
Received 4 Oct 2022Empire Cinemas East Square Basildon Essex SS14 1HS
Received 4 Oct 2022Dunton Lodge Church Road Dunton Basildon Essex CM13 3SS
Received 4 Oct 202229 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QR
Received 4 Oct 202233 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QR
Received 4 Oct 20228 Frithwood Lane Billericay Essex CM12 9PJ
Received 4 Oct 2022Ford Research And Engineering Centre West Mayne Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6EE
Received 4 Oct 202211 Convent Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5YR
Received 5 Oct 202277 Tyelands Billericay Essex CM12 9PB
Received 5 Oct 2022Land At The Junction Of Whist Avenue And Highcliffe Road Wickford Essex
Received 5 Oct 2022Cherry House Lee Chapel Lane Langdon Hills Essex SS16 5NX
Received 5 Oct 2022Meadow View Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9ES
Received 6 Oct 202243 Mynchens Basildon Essex SS15 5EQ
Received 6 Oct 202221 Victoria Road Laindon Essex SS15 6AW
Received 6 Oct 2022Brookside Branksome Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JD
Received 6 Oct 202243 Highfield Road Billericay Essex CM11 2PE
Received 6 Oct 202223 Vermont Close Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1BH
Received 6 Oct 2022Land At Park Drive, And Nevendon Road Wickford Essex
Received 7 Oct 2022Land At 95 Chapel Street Billericay Essex
Received 7 Oct 2022Land At East Mayne Basildon Essex
Received 7 Oct 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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