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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.
5,737 approved · 1,135 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Chantry Way Billericay Essex CM11 2AP
Received 24 Aug 2023The Railstore Station Court Radford Way Billericay Essex
Received 25 Aug 2023Beccles Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RJ
Received 25 Aug 202347A Mount Road Wickford Essex SS11 8HJ
Received 25 Aug 2023Cranfield Lower Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9EJ
Received 24 Aug 2023Land Adj Studland Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 26 Aug 20234 Coulter Mews Billericay Essex CM11 1LN
Received 26 Aug 202384 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1AT
Received 26 Aug 202311 Westfield Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6RJ
Received 27 Aug 202343 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QR
Received 29 Aug 2023Land East Of No.15 New Century Road Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 29 Aug 2023Denby Lodge Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YR
Received 29 Aug 20234 Hallam Court Billericay Essex CM12 0JY
Received 29 Aug 20231 Smythe Close Billericay Essex CM11 1SF
Received 29 Aug 2023The Brambles Southbourne Grove Wickford Essex SS12 0JT
Received 29 Aug 2023564 Whitmore Way Basildon Essex SS14 2ER
Received 29 Aug 2023Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 30 Aug 202312 Broadwater Green Basildon Essex SS15 6BG
Received 30 Aug 2023Crouch Solar Farm Site Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 30 Aug 2023Crouch Solar Farm Site Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 30 Aug 2023Heronsgate Trading Estate, Unit 22 Paycocke Road Basildon Essex SS14 3EU
Received 30 Aug 2023The Paddocks Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9EP
Received 31 Aug 20238 Bonnygate Basildon Essex SS14 2QW
Received 1 Sept 202326 Swan Lane Wickford Essex SS11 7DD
Received 1 Sept 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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