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.
5,639 approved · 1,110 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
116 Waldegrave Basildon Essex SS16 5EJ
Received 8 Mar 2023525 Whitmore Way Basildon Essex SS14 2HW
Received 8 Mar 202353 Basildon Drive Basildon Essex SS15 5RN
Received 8 Mar 2023Land Rear Of Vidor Honiley Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 8 Mar 202383 Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LY
Received 8 Mar 202329 Little Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BL
Received 8 Mar 202369 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AU
Received 9 Mar 2023Dora Cottage Cornwall Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2JZ
Received 9 Mar 2023Facemed Cosmetic Medical And Dental Centre Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XP
Received 9 Mar 2023230 Rosebay Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0YB
Received 9 Mar 2023Land South Of 9 Cherry Tree Court Pound Lane Central Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 9 Mar 202329 Mount View Billericay CM11 1HB
Received 10 Mar 202338 The Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9HG
Received 10 Mar 202312 Thorrington Cross Basildon Essex SS14 1LB
Received 10 Mar 2023M D M House Howard Chase Basildon Essex SS14 3BE
Received 10 Mar 202376 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TS
Received 10 Mar 2023Hillview Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9HZ
Received 11 Mar 202322 Foxhatch Wickford Essex SS12 9RP
Received 11 Mar 202332 Lilford Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BS
Received 8 Mar 202310 Summerdale Billericay Essex CM12 9EL
Received 13 Mar 202345 Hill Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8LH
Received 13 Mar 202340 Potash Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DL
Received 13 Mar 202340 Third Avenue Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8RF
Received 13 Mar 2023Kent Transport Yard Lower Park Road Wickford Essex
Received 13 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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