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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.
5,510 approved · 1,073 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Chittock Gate Basildon Essex SS14 1RL
Received 8 Nov 2022Grass Verge South Of Cranes Farm Road Basildon Essex
Received 9 Nov 202237 Chantry Way Billericay Essex CM11 2AP
Received 9 Nov 2022Dogs Trust Nevendon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0FH
Received 9 Nov 202223 Corona Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6HH
Received 10 Nov 2022Kismarja Windsor Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LH
Received 10 Nov 2022Ford Research And Engineering Centre West Mayne Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6EE
Received 10 Nov 202241 New Century Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6AG
Received 10 Nov 2022Land To The North Of 129 Station Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 10 Nov 2022Lot 1 Lampern Crescent Billericay Essex CM12 0FE
Received 11 Nov 2022Phoenix House Christopher Martin Road Basildon Essex SS14 3EZ
Received 10 Nov 2022Sullivan House Fenton Way Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6TD
Received 11 Nov 2022205 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2JS
Received 11 Nov 2022210 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DB
Received 11 Nov 202220 Laburnum Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DA
Received 11 Nov 202247 Brackendale Avenue Pitsea Essex SS13 3BE
Received 12 Nov 202257 Cromwell Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AG
Received 12 Nov 202231 Hillway Billericay Essex CM11 2LX
Received 13 Nov 202220 Laburnum Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DA
Received 11 Nov 2022Cranfield Lower Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9EJ
Received 14 Nov 2022Cranfield Lower Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9EJ
Received 14 Nov 20223 Fletcher Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9FA
Received 14 Nov 2022Cranfield Lower Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9EJ
Received 14 Nov 2022Land North Of Terminus Drive Off Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex
Received 14 Nov 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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