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.
5,793 approved · 1,152 refused · 177 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Ranch Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 23 Nov 2023Winifred Cottage Windsor Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LH
Received 23 Nov 2023Oakwood Branksome Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 23 Nov 202362 Basildon Drive Basildon Essex SS15 5RN
Received 24 Nov 2023157 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JE
Received 24 Nov 2023Badgers Lodge Grange Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex
Received 24 Nov 2023135 The Knares Basildon Essex SS16 5SF
Received 24 Nov 20236 Sark Grove Wickford Essex SS12 9GQ
Received 25 Nov 20234 Talisman Walk Billericay Essex CM11 1EE
Received 25 Nov 20231 Fryerns Terrace Peterborough Way Basildon Essex SS14 3QD
Received 26 Nov 2023Land South Of Clissold Lower Avenue Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex
Received 27 Nov 2023Adjacent To Pantile Farm House Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex
Received 25 Nov 20231 Alpha House High Road Langdon Hills Basildon SS16 6HG
Received 27 Nov 202358 Markhams Chase Basildon Essex SS15 5JY
Received 27 Nov 2023STARBUCKS COFFEE Unit 4 St Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3UL
Received 27 Nov 2023STARBUCKS COFFEE Unit 4 St Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3UL
Received 27 Nov 202318 Chalvedon Avenue Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1AF
Received 27 Nov 202335 Chantry Way Billericay Essex CM11 2AP
Received 27 Nov 2023Barleylands Barleylands Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UD
Received 28 Nov 2023Existing Communications Site At Kingsman Farm Tye Common Road Billericay Essex
Received 28 Nov 20233 - 31 Runwell Road Wickford Essex
Received 28 Nov 2023Land At Nether Mayne Basildon Essex
Received 28 Nov 2023157 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JE
Received 28 Nov 2023Grange Farm Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2SY
Received 29 Nov 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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