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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.
5,639 approved · 1,110 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Gardiners Lane South Gardiners Lane South Basildon Essex
Received 1 Mar 2023Brook Lodge Woodlands Drive Fobbing Basildon Essex SS17 9HJ
Received 1 Mar 202369 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AU
Received 27 Feb 2023Meadowbrook Meadow Way Wickford Essex SS12 9HA
Received 1 Mar 2023Bensons Farm Wash Road Laindon Essex SS15 4BP
Received 1 Mar 2023Basildon Garden Centre Nevendon Road Basildon Essex SS13 1BS
Received 2 Mar 2023Bell Farm 207 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0LG
Received 2 Mar 2023Bell Farm 207 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0LG
Received 2 Mar 20232 Abbey Road Billericay Essex CM12 9NF
Received 2 Mar 2023Market Site St Martins Square Basildon Essex
Received 2 Mar 2023213 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UN
Received 2 Mar 202363 Crescent Road Billericay Essex CM12 0HZ
Received 2 Mar 2023Proposed School At Nether Mayne Basildon Essex
Received 16 Feb 2023Macker Metals Wrexham Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6PX
Received 16 Feb 2023Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex
Received 1 Mar 2023Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex
Received 1 Mar 2023Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex
Received 2 Mar 202312 Fairview Billericay Essex CM12 9QF
Received 2 Mar 2023Adopted Highway At Broadmayne Basildon Essex
Received 2 Mar 2023Sleepy Willows Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TL
Received 2 Mar 202352 West Park Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9EF
Received 2 Mar 2023Stanwell Clifton Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LF
Received 3 Mar 2023Gilbarco Ltd Crompton Close Basildon Essex
Received 2 Mar 20234 Elm Cottages Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UB
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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