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.
5,519 approved · 1,074 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 The Vale Billericay Essex CM4 9PW
Received 14 Nov 20223 Braeburn Way Basildon Essex SS14 3TU
Received 14 Nov 202212 Almond Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0BN
Received 15 Nov 202212 Almond Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0BN
Received 15 Nov 2022Pipps Hill Retail Park, Unit E2 Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3AF
Received 15 Nov 20224 Burghstead Close Billericay Essex CM12 9JZ
Received 15 Nov 2022Elmbank Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YR
Received 15 Nov 202240 Margarite Way Wickford Essex SS12 0ER
Received 14 Nov 202229A Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0AR
Received 15 Nov 20224 Western View Billericay Essex CM12 9GE
Received 15 Nov 20228 Oak Crescent Wickford Essex SS11 7FF
Received 15 Nov 2022Grand Central Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3GN
Received 16 Nov 2022Padda Court Irvon Hill Road Wickford Essex SS12 0AQ
Received 15 Nov 20227 Barnard Close Basildon Essex SS16 4SH
Received 15 Nov 2022Land West Of First Data Endeavour Drive Basildon Essex
Received 16 Nov 202248 Station Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DR
Received 16 Nov 2022155 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UJ
Received 15 Nov 2022Grand Central Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3GN
Received 16 Nov 202210 Anvil Way Billericay Essex CM12 0XY
Received 17 Nov 20221A Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5DA
Received 17 Nov 2022Nando's 1 East Square Basildon Essex SS14 1HS
Received 17 Nov 202219 Hunts Mead Billericay Essex CM12 9JA
Received 17 Nov 202230 Durban Lane Laindon Essex SS15 4JU
Received 17 Nov 202267 Bruce Grove Wickford Essex SS11 8RN
Received 17 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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