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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.
5,612 approved · 1,106 refused · 168 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lok'N Store Limited Unit 5 St Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3UL
Received 3 Feb 20231 Cavell Road Billericay Essex CM11 2HS
Received 4 Feb 20231 Friern Gardens Wickford Essex SS12 0HA
Received 5 Feb 202313 Lynstede Basildon Essex SS14 1TU
Received 5 Feb 2023151 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DD
Received 6 Feb 202355 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0AR
Received 6 Feb 20232 St Helens Walk Billericay Essex CM12 0LA
Received 6 Feb 2023Greensted County Junior School Kirby Road Basildon Essex SS14 1RX
Received 6 Feb 202323 Elmbrook Close Basildon Essex SS14 2FH
Received 7 Feb 20235 Fairfield Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9NP
Received 7 Feb 2023Queens Park Court Goldington Crescent Billericay Essex
Received 2 Feb 2023Oaklands Residential Home Forest Glade Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SX
Received 6 Feb 20236 The Firle Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6NB
Received 7 Feb 202378 Chestnut Road Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4TQ
Received 2 Feb 202333 Lilford Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BS
Received 8 Feb 2023Land North West Of Hillview Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford Essex
Received 8 Feb 202322 Lynstede Basildon Essex SS14 1TU
Received 8 Feb 202333 Lilford Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BS
Received 7 Feb 202319 Rumbullion Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0HE
Received 8 Feb 2023235A Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0QN
Received 8 Feb 202320 Athelstan Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7EE
Received 8 Feb 20239 Sandown Road Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PA
Received 8 Feb 202384A Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1AT
Received 8 Feb 2023Fairmeadow Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YR
Received 9 Feb 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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