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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.
5,536 approved · 1,079 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Southend Road Wickford Essex
Received 1 Dec 202214 Alnwick Close Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6NZ
Received 1 Dec 20226 Highfield Road Billericay Essex CM11 2PF
Received 1 Dec 20225 Fairfield Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9NP
Received 1 Dec 202268 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BS
Received 1 Dec 202227 Roberts Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6AY
Received 2 Dec 2022Dora Cottage Cornwall Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2JZ
Received 2 Dec 2022Orchard View Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RJ
Received 2 Dec 2022Kingswood Community Centre Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5AD
Received 28 Nov 202214 Wick Beech Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8AP
Received 2 Dec 202219 Elder Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LP
Received 2 Dec 202222 Mountfields Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3DH
Received 2 Dec 202266 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8DU
Received 2 Dec 2022178 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8EH
Received 5 Dec 2022355 Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 4HA
Received 6 Dec 2022355 Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 4HA
Received 6 Dec 202221 Short Acre Basildon Essex SS14 2LR
Received 6 Dec 2022England Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YP
Received 6 Dec 2022Radford Business Centre Radford Way Billericay Essex CM12 0BZ
Received 6 Dec 2022Poundland 49 High Street Wickford Essex SS12 9AE
Received 7 Dec 202232 Douglas Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9HJ
Received 7 Dec 202214 Hurricane Close Wickford Essex SS11 8YR
Received 7 Dec 2022Whiteheather Nevendon Road Basildon Essex SS13 1BS
Received 8 Dec 202218 St Davids Way Wickford Essex SS11 8EX
Received 8 Dec 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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