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.
5,595 approved · 1,097 refused · 168 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
14 West Hook Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6SR
Received 20 Jan 202378 Highcliffe Road Wickford Essex SS11 8JX
Received 20 Jan 2023Bobtail Barn Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TJ
Received 21 Jan 2023The Nook Bells Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5JR
Received 21 Jan 2023Elm Court 78 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8DU
Received 23 Jan 2023Westgate Park, Unit 1 Fodderwick Basildon Essex SS14 1WP
Received 23 Jan 202329 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BG
Received 23 Jan 2023The Laurel London Road Billericay Essex CM12 9HP
Received 23 Jan 202327 Tavistock Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5QE
Received 23 Jan 2023Elizabeth Villa Meadow Way Wickford Essex
Received 23 Jan 20233 Fairleigh Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2DY
Received 23 Jan 20233 Fairleigh Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2DY
Received 23 Jan 2023148 Rectory Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2AJ
Received 23 Jan 2023St Francis Eversley Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2DG
Received 24 Jan 20231 Lorraine Close Billericay Essex CM11 2QG
Received 24 Jan 2023Oak Hill Farm Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UA
Received 24 Jan 20239 Town Square Basildon Essex SS14 1DZ
Received 24 Jan 20239 Town Square Basildon Essex SS14 1DZ
Received 24 Jan 2023Greenways Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1NS
Received 24 Jan 2023Footpath Outside 62 High Street Wickford Essex
Received 24 Jan 2023BT StreetHub Outside 62 High Street Wickford Essex
Received 24 Jan 2023BT StreetHub Outside 26 High Street Wickford Essex
Received 24 Jan 2023BT StreetHub Outside 26 High Street Wickford Essex
Received 24 Jan 2023BT StreetHub Outside 6 High Street Wickford Essex
Received 24 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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