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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.
5,688 approved · 1,122 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Little Burstead Farm Shop Tye Common Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9SB
Received 22 May 202318 Beauchamps Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8NL
Received 22 May 2023Field View Dunton Road Laindon Essex SS15 4BX
Received 22 May 20239 Maple Tree Lane Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6SL
Received 22 May 2023Ku Ming Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RR
Received 22 May 20234 Slices Gate Cottage Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 22 May 2023Sadlers Hall Farm London Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HD
Received 23 May 2023St Marys Cottage Eversley Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2DG
Received 23 May 2023Rayridge House Swinbourne Road Basildon Essex SS13 1EH
Received 23 May 2023Brightside County Junior And Infant School Brightside Billericay Essex CM12 0LE
Received 23 May 202324 Grey Lady Place Billericay Essex CM11 1LU
Received 23 May 2023Unit 1 Watkins Close Basildon Essex SS13 1TL
Received 23 May 202313 Claremont Road Laindon Essex SS15 5QB
Received 23 May 2023Ghyll Grove Nursing Home Ghyllgrove Basildon Essex SS14 2LA
Received 24 May 202335 Hillhouse Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0BA
Received 24 May 2023Ghyll Grove Nursing Home Ghyllgrove Basildon Essex SS14 2LA
Received 24 May 20236-7 The Cottage Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SY
Received 24 May 2023139 Beauchamps Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8NH
Received 24 May 2023Phoenix House Christopher Martin Road Basildon Essex SS14 3EZ
Received 24 May 20232 Rectory Gardens Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2EL
Received 24 May 202335 Burne Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0HH
Received 24 May 2023Inglewood Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PR
Received 24 May 2023South Essex Islamic Trust High Road Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4ND
Received 25 May 20231 Chalvedon Square Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3QX
Received 25 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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