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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.
5,707 approved · 1,129 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Goldcrest Drive Billericay Essex CM11 2YS
Received 2 Jul 20236 Pound Lane Laindon Essex SS15 5SZ
Received 3 Jul 2023Unit 6 St Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3UL
Received 3 Jul 2023Unit 6 St Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3UL
Received 3 Jul 202333 Vowler Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6AG
Received 3 Jul 202316 High Road North Laindon Essex SS15 4DP
Received 3 Jul 20232 Reeves Close Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6PD
Received 4 Jul 202385 Marlborough Way Billericay Essex CM12 0YJ
Received 4 Jul 202347 Highlands Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HX
Received 4 Jul 2023Land East Of No.15 New Century Road Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 4 Jul 202312 Lucerne Walk Wickford Essex SS11 8PT
Received 5 Jul 202338 Tyelands Billericay Essex CM12 9PA
Received 5 Jul 2023North Benfleet Hall Farm North Benfleet Hall Road North Benfleet Basildon Essex SS12 9JR
Received 3 Jul 2023Ford Research And Engineering Centre West Mayne Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6EE
Received 5 Jul 202320 Cranmer Close Billericay Essex CM12 0YQ
Received 6 Jul 202332 Elder Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LU
Received 5 Jul 202335 Burne Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0HH
Received 6 Jul 2023149 Long Riding Basildon Essex SS14 1QT
Received 6 Jul 2023Tibbs Porch The Chase Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9EX
Received 6 Jul 2023Unit 37 Yardley Business Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3GN
Received 6 Jul 202314 Cater Wood Billericay Essex CM12 0AP
Received 6 Jul 202310 Portman Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0PE
Received 6 Jul 202319 Winifred Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3JG
Received 6 Jul 20239 Ian Road Billericay Essex CM12 0JX
Received 7 Jul 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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