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.
5,578 approved · 1,092 refused · 167 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2019 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
40 High Street Wickford Essex SS12 9AY
Received 12 Jan 202340 High Street Wickford Essex SS12 9AY
Received 12 Jan 20232 Sweet Chestnut Mews Billericay Essex CM12 9DG
Received 12 Jan 20237 Ilfracombe Avenue Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2DR
Received 12 Jan 2023Hill House 24 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BQ
Received 12 Jan 2023Broadview Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1NS
Received 12 Jan 202357-59 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AX
Received 12 Jan 202322 Lakeside Billericay Essex CM12 0NF
Received 13 Jan 202355 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0AR
Received 12 Jan 20233 The Barnyard Basildon Essex SS16 6SW
Received 13 Jan 2023133 The Knares Basildon Essex SS16 5SF
Received 13 Jan 2023Brooke House Town Square Basildon Essex SS14 1HX
Received 13 Jan 20233 Cunningham Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9PF
Received 13 Jan 202363 Guernsey Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7BB
Received 13 Jan 2023107 Marlborough Way Billericay Essex CM12 0YJ
Received 16 Jan 2023Veolia Environmental Services Archers Fields Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1QP
Received 12 Jan 202326 Kings Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4AB
Received 16 Jan 2023Phoenix Freight International Limited Swinbourne Road Basildon Essex SS13 1EF
Received 12 Jan 202324 Pauline Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0LB
Received 16 Jan 20231 Thynne Road Billericay Essex CM11 2HH
Received 16 Jan 2023107 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TR
Received 16 Jan 2023Sirocoby Boarding Kennels Newhouse Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JY
Received 16 Jan 202369 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AU
Received 16 Jan 20239 St James Mews Billericay Essex CM12 9DH
Received 17 Jan 2023Records 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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