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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.
5,686 approved · 1,119 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
532 Long Riding Basildon Essex SS14 1LA
Received 11 May 2023Gardone Oak Avenue Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2YD
Received 11 May 20233 Broadway North High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3AS
Received 9 May 2023Laindon Service Station Southend Arterial Road Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6DP
Received 2 May 20238 Radford Crescent Billericay Essex CM12 0DU
Received 2 May 20232 Rectory Gardens Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2EL
Received 9 May 2023The Ranch Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 11 May 20235 Spinney Close Wickford Essex SS11 8NR
Received 11 May 202330 Westbourne Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0UU
Received 11 May 2023Unit 3 St Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex
Received 11 May 2023Unit 3 St Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex
Received 11 May 2023TEXACO 327 Whitmore Way Basildon Essex SS14 2NL
Received 12 May 20232 Westbourne Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0UU
Received 12 May 202312 Albert Drive Laindon Essex SS15 5UT
Received 12 May 202310 Fairfield Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9NP
Received 12 May 2023126 Forest Glade Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SX
Received 13 May 202343 Knightbridge Walk Billericay Essex CM12 0HN
Received 14 May 202318 Bonnygate Basildon Essex SS14 2QN
Received 14 May 2023135 Great Berry Lane Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6BY
Received 15 May 202359 Codenham Green Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5DS
Received 15 May 2023Car Park 2 Great Oaks Basildon Essex
Received 15 May 20235 Upland Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0JT
Received 15 May 2023Charal Meadow Way Wickford Essex SS12 9HA
Received 16 May 2023The Basildon Centre St Martins Square Basildon Essex SS14 1DL
Received 16 May 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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