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.
5,725 approved · 1,130 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 37 Yardley Business Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3GN
Received 28 Jul 2023Ghyll Grove Nursing Home Ghyllgrove Basildon Essex
Received 4 Aug 2023Crouch Solar Farm Site Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 4 Aug 202391 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0RN
Received 2 Aug 20234 Mercer Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DH
Received 6 Aug 202325 Bedford Road Laindon Essex SS15 6PG
Received 7 Aug 2023Land East Of Bakers Farm Close Southend Road Wickford Essex
Received 7 Aug 2023Fallowfield Grays Avenue Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LP
Received 7 Aug 202315 Mountview Close Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4RN
Received 7 Aug 2023St Marys Newhouse Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JY
Received 7 Aug 20236 The Swallows Billericay Essex CM11 2PJ
Received 8 Aug 202318 Athelstan Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7EE
Received 8 Aug 202319 Cromwell Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AE
Received 4 Aug 2023Chequers Cottage 42 - 44 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BQ
Received 9 Aug 20233 Brook Cottages Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TA
Received 9 Aug 20239 Needham Close Billericay Essex CM11 1LQ
Received 9 Aug 2023Jim Sheilds Garden High Street Billericay Essex
Received 10 Aug 20235 Spinney Close Wickford Essex SS11 8NR
Received 10 Aug 2023100 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BG
Received 10 Aug 2023209 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0SE
Received 11 Aug 2023Orchard View Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RJ
Received 11 Aug 2023Willowdale Centre High Street Wickford Essex SS12 0RA
Received 10 Aug 2023Elmbank Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YR
Received 11 Aug 202331 Atridge Chase Billericay Essex CM12 0HR
Received 11 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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