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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.
5,798 approved · 1,153 refused · 177 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 Laindon Road Billericay Essex CM12 9LD
Received 4 Dec 2023Craylands Estates And Former Fryerns School Site Craylands Basildon Essex
Received 4 Dec 2023Maitland Lodge Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 4 Dec 202320 Highlands Avenue Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4DG
Received 4 Dec 2023Sunnyview Lower Avenue Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LZ
Received 5 Dec 20236 Ilgars Road Wickford Essex SS11 7HN
Received 5 Dec 202345 Brightside Billericay Essex CM12 0LJ
Received 5 Dec 20235 Paprills Basildon Essex SS16 5RQ
Received 5 Dec 202321 Trinder Way Wickford Essex SS12 0HQ
Received 5 Dec 202314 Roberts Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6AY
Received 5 Dec 2023Inglewood Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PR
Received 5 Dec 20232 Rhum Mews Wickford Essex SS12 9JU
Received 5 Dec 20234 Slices Gate Cottage Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 6 Dec 2023Land Opposite Heyburns Southlands Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex
Received 6 Dec 2023Land Lying To The West Of Heath Close Billericay Essex
Received 6 Dec 20233 Wethersfield Way Wickford Essex SS11 8XX
Received 6 Dec 2023259 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UN
Received 6 Dec 2023138 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9DF
Received 6 Dec 202353 Knightbridge Walk Billericay Essex CM12 0HN
Received 7 Dec 20233 - 31 Runwell Road Wickford Essex
Received 5 Dec 202336 Palmer Way Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LW
Received 7 Dec 20238 Weir Wynd Billericay Essex CM12 9QG
Received 7 Dec 20233 Shalford Road Billericay Essex CM11 2EG
Received 7 Dec 202325 Elmtree Road Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4TN
Received 7 Dec 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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