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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.
5,701 approved · 1,125 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
155 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8EE
Received 17 Jun 202316 Hawkins Close Wickford Essex SS11 8FX
Received 19 Jun 2023Wickford C Of E Infants School Mount Road Wickford Essex SS11 8HE
Received 19 Jun 2023Wickford C Of E Infants School Mount Road Wickford Essex SS11 8HE
Received 19 Jun 2023186 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DB
Received 19 Jun 2023Iqbal House Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RR
Received 20 Jun 2023Ramsden Waters Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RR
Received 20 Jun 20237 Penwood Close Billericay Essex CM11 1DY
Received 20 Jun 202322 Mountfields Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3DH
Received 20 Jun 202311 Highlands Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HR
Received 21 Jun 202323 The Upway Basildon Essex SS14 2HY
Received 21 Jun 202323 The Upway Basildon Essex SS14 2HY
Received 20 Jun 2023Crouch Solar Farm Site Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 21 Jun 2023104 Rectory Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2AH
Received 20 Jun 202316 Lilford Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BS
Received 21 Jun 202359 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QS
Received 21 Jun 2023Elm End Elm Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LY
Received 21 Jun 2023203 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0SE
Received 21 Jun 2023Elm Trees 2 Elm Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LY
Received 21 Jun 202321 Kimberley Drive Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4DU
Received 21 Jun 2023Lyndhurst Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9TG
Received 22 Jun 202311 Roding Way Wickford Essex SS12 9BD
Received 22 Jun 202312 Southernhay Basildon Essex SS14 1EL
Received 22 Jun 20235 Crouchview Close Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8QB
Received 22 Jun 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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