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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.
5,714 approved · 1,130 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garage Block Cadogan Terrace Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 30 Jun 20234 Guernsey Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7BA
Received 6 Jul 2023The Squirrels Stacey Drive Basildon Essex SS16 5NZ
Received 6 Jul 202345 High Road North Laindon Essex SS15 4DH
Received 7 Jul 202319 Winifred Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3JG
Received 6 Jul 2023Unit 1 Crompton Close Basildon Essex SS14 3BA
Received 7 Jul 2023Malbo Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 8 Jul 2023Land At Stevenson Farm Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford Essex
Received 8 Jul 202330 Radford Way Billericay Essex CM12 0DX
Received 8 Jul 2023Southwood Court Great Spenders Basildon Essex SS14 2PJ
Received 8 Jul 202381 Chapel Street Billericay Essex CM12 9LR
Received 10 Jul 2023Unit J Radford Business Centre Radford Way Billericay Essex CM12 0BZ
Received 27 Jun 2023Beauchamps High School Beauchamps Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8LY
Received 10 Jul 2023257 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0LG
Received 10 Jul 20231 Almond Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0BN
Received 10 Jul 202326 West Beech Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8AL
Received 11 Jul 2023Land At Gardiners Lane South Gardiners Lane South Basildon Essex
Received 10 Jul 202329 School Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6GH
Received 11 Jul 20236 St James Mews Billericay Essex CM12 9DH
Received 12 Jul 20231A Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5DA
Received 12 Jul 202395 Tyelands Billericay Essex CM12 9PB
Received 12 Jul 2023Willowdale Centre High Street Wickford Essex SS12 0RA
Received 12 Jul 202311 Brooklands Park Basildon Essex SS15 6BE
Received 12 Jul 202311 Washington Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6JW
Received 12 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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