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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.
5,542 approved · 1,083 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillview Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford SS12 9HZ
Received 9 Dec 20229 Sandown Road Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PA
Received 9 Dec 202219 Monarch Close Wickford Essex SS11 8GE
Received 9 Dec 2022Hazelmere Lodge Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RJ
Received 9 Dec 202245 Cromwell Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AG
Received 9 Dec 202236 Beverley Rise Billericay Essex CM11 2HU
Received 12 Dec 2022228 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0JX
Received 12 Dec 20226 - 7 The Cottage Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SY
Received 12 Dec 2022108A High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BY
Received 12 Dec 2022108A High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BY
Received 12 Dec 20225 Fairleigh Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2DY
Received 12 Dec 2022Acorn House Potash Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HG
Received 12 Dec 202220 Laburnum Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DA
Received 12 Dec 2022St Michael's Church, Communication Mast Brackendale Avenue Pitsea Essex SS13 3JX
Received 12 Dec 2022St Michael's Church, Communication Mast Brackendale Avenue Pitsea Essex SS13 3JX
Received 12 Dec 20226-7 The Cottage Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SY
Received 13 Dec 202216 Headingley Close Nevendon Basildon Essex SS13 1BT
Received 13 Dec 2022Land Adjacent 116 Pound Lane Laindon Essex SS15 5SP
Received 13 Dec 202240 Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0ND
Received 13 Dec 20228 St Johns Road Billericay Essex CM11 1AB
Received 14 Dec 202237 Castledon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0EF
Received 14 Dec 2022Land At Osborne Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex
Received 14 Dec 202215 The Vale Billericay Essex CM4 9PW
Received 14 Dec 2022St Meachard Dry Street Langdon Hills Essex SS16 5LT
Received 14 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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