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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.
5,730 approved · 1,132 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Rosslyn Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JN
Received 17 Aug 202319 Winifred Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3JG
Received 18 Aug 202336 Margarite Way Wickford Essex SS12 0ER
Received 18 Aug 202332 West Beech Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8AL
Received 19 Aug 20234 Tyelands Billericay Essex CM12 9PA
Received 19 Aug 20234 Paget Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0YX
Received 21 Aug 202345 Brightside Billericay Essex CM12 0LJ
Received 21 Aug 202322 The Grove Billericay CM11 1AU
Received 22 Aug 202310 Woodlands Road Wickford Essex SS12 0AL
Received 22 Aug 2023Cooanda Burnt Mills Road Pitsea Essex SS13 1DY
Received 22 Aug 2023141 Redgrave Road Basildon Essex SS16 4HR
Received 17 Aug 2023Land South Of London Road Wickford Essex
Received 22 Aug 2023Kingston House Christy Way Laindon Essex SS15 6EA
Received 23 Aug 202323 Paynters Mead Basildon Essex SS16 4EB
Received 23 Aug 20233 Weavers Close Billericay Essex CM11 2AS
Received 23 Aug 20231 Oldwyk Basildon Essex SS16 4NU
Received 23 Aug 202312 Oakhurst Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0NN
Received 23 Aug 202315 Lakeside Billericay Essex CM12 0NF
Received 23 Aug 2023Pitsea Leisure Centre Maydells Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 23 Aug 2023123 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JH
Received 23 Aug 202312 Alma Close Wickford Essex SS12 0HJ
Received 24 Aug 2023Telecommunication At Radwinter Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 24 Aug 202321 Bridge Street Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4AY
Received 24 Aug 202338A Prince Edward Road Billericay Essex CM11 2HB
Received 24 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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