Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,722 approved · 1,130 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Side Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 28 Jul 2023143 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UJ
Received 20 Jul 2023Crouch Solar Farm Site Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 28 Jul 2023Tany Ralt Southbourne Grove Wickford Essex SS12 0JT
Received 28 Jul 202368 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BS
Received 28 Jul 20239 Frithwood Lane Billericay Essex CM12 9PJ
Received 29 Jul 202317 Gobions Basildon Essex SS16 5AY
Received 29 Jul 202311 Ozonia Close Wickford Essex SS12 0PL
Received 29 Jul 202357 Bellevue Road Billericay Essex CM12 9HB
Received 30 Jul 202318 Byrd Court Laindon Essex SS15 5QP
Received 21 Jul 20232 The Oaks Billericay Essex CM11 2RP
Received 31 Jul 2023The Squirrels Stacey Drive Basildon Essex SS16 5NZ
Received 31 Jul 202343 Bush Hall Road Billericay Essex CM12 0PU
Received 1 Aug 202335 Chantry Way Billericay Essex CM11 2AP
Received 1 Aug 2023Land East Of Allotment Gardens London Road Pitsea Essex
Received 1 Aug 2023Castledon College Bromfords Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0PW
Received 13 Jul 202312 Whittle Road Basildon Essex SS14 3TL
Received 2 Aug 202326 Littlehurst Lane Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4JT
Received 2 Aug 202324 Littlehurst Lane Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4JT
Received 2 Aug 2023The Willows Primary School Church Road Basildon Essex SS14 2EX
Received 17 Jul 202323 Hedingham Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9QZ
Received 2 Aug 202323 Hedingham Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9QZ
Received 2 Aug 202335 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8BA
Received 2 Aug 202322 Outwood Farm Close Billericay Essex CM11 2ND
Received 4 Aug 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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