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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.
5,646 approved · 1,110 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
118 Elder Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LT
Received 14 Mar 2023Oak Hill Farm Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UA
Received 14 Mar 202321 Great Leighs Way Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1QN
Received 14 Mar 202326 Waverley Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4HU
Received 15 Mar 2023102 Ardleigh Basildon Essex SS16 5RE
Received 15 Mar 202363A Friern Gardens Wickford Essex SS12 0HD
Received 15 Mar 2023139 Beauchamps Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8NH
Received 15 Mar 2023161 Great Berry Lane Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6BP
Received 15 Mar 2023Northlands Primary School Winifred Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3JQ
Received 15 Mar 2023The Fens Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2YA
Received 15 Mar 2023Oaklands Residential Home Forest Glade Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SX
Received 15 Mar 2023Land South Of 9 Cherry Tree Court Pound Lane Central Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 9 Mar 202323 Tye Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9NR
Received 13 Mar 2023107 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TR
Received 15 Mar 2023157 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JE
Received 16 Mar 2023Unit 4 St Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex
Received 16 Mar 2023355 Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 4HA
Received 17 Mar 202318 Laurel Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0BH
Received 17 Mar 202322 Outwood Farm Close Billericay Essex CM11 2ND
Received 18 Mar 20233 Lakeside Billericay Essex CM12 0NF
Received 18 Mar 2023165 Timberlog Lane Basildon Essex SS14 1PJ
Received 19 Mar 2023Adelaide Villas 2 Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XA
Received 19 Mar 202319 Ford Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6JZ
Received 20 Mar 202323 Carlyle Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0UL
Received 20 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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