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.
5,622 approved · 1,110 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ryedene Cp School Ryedene Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4SY
Received 23 Feb 202313 Fletchers Basildon Essex SS16 5TU
Received 23 Feb 202382 Great Knightleys Basildon Essex SS15 5AP
Received 23 Feb 2023The Oaks Farm London Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XY
Received 23 Feb 202312 Lampern Crescent Billericay Essex CM12 0FD
Received 24 Feb 2023Spinnakers Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TD
Received 24 Feb 202318 St Davids Way Wickford Essex SS11 8EX
Received 24 Feb 2023Whyteville Victoria Avenue Langdon Hills Essex SS16 5NT
Received 24 Feb 202318 St Davids Way Wickford Essex SS11 8EX
Received 24 Feb 202385A Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BU
Received 25 Feb 2023The Cabin Windsor Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LH
Received 27 Feb 202323 Elham Drive Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2NR
Received 27 Feb 202348 Trinity Road Billericay Essex CM11 2RY
Received 27 Feb 2023120 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BH
Received 27 Feb 202354 Hill Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8LT
Received 27 Feb 20232 Pleshey Close Wickford Essex SS12 9RH
Received 27 Feb 2023111 High Street Billericay Essex
Received 27 Feb 2023Land At East Square Basildon Essex
Received 28 Feb 2023120 Castledon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0EJ
Received 28 Feb 202369 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AU
Received 27 Feb 2023The Icon Southernhay Basildon Essex
Received 28 Feb 2023Tesco Extra Hazelmere Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3JU
Received 28 Feb 202369 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AU
Received 28 Feb 202378 Chestnut Road Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4TQ
Received 1 Mar 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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