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.
5,729 approved · 1,131 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Felmores End Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1PN
Received 11 Aug 202339 Runwell Road Wickford Essex SS11 7HG
Received 11 Aug 20232 Felmores End Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1PN
Received 11 Aug 20232 Felmores End Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1PN
Received 11 Aug 202325 Crown Road Billericay Essex CM11 2AE
Received 12 Aug 20238 Goldings Crescent Vange Essex SS16 4RY
Received 13 Aug 2023Unit 1 Crompton Close Basildon Essex SS14 3BA
Received 14 Aug 20236 Thorpe Close Wickford Essex SS12 9PN
Received 14 Aug 202318 Lion Lane Billericay Essex CM12 9DL
Received 15 Aug 2023157 Falstones Basildon Essex SS15 5DP
Received 15 Aug 202311 Wakefield Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9DN
Received 15 Aug 20233 Hyland Gate Billericay Essex CM11 2SJ
Received 15 Aug 202334 Victoria Road Laindon Essex SS15 6AW
Received 15 Aug 2023Unit 27 Bowlers Croft Basildon Essex
Received 15 Aug 2023244 Whitmore Way Basildon Essex SS14 2NN
Received 16 Aug 2023Garage Development Site Mistley Path Basildon Essex
Received 16 Aug 20236 Cumberland Drive Laindon Essex SS15 6QS
Received 16 Aug 202324 The Grove Billericay CM11 1AU
Received 16 Aug 20235 Warwick Crescent Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6JQ
Received 16 Aug 20233 Maple Mead Billericay Essex CM12 9QS
Received 16 Aug 2023181 Forest Glade Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SX
Received 16 Aug 202385 Runwell Road Wickford Essex SS11 7HL
Received 16 Aug 202330 Elsenham Crescent Basildon Essex SS14 1UB
Received 17 Aug 202392 Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 9EZ
Received 17 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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