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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.
5,801 approved · 1,154 refused · 177 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pilton Buckwyns Chase Billericay Essex CM12 0TL
Received 7 Dec 202339 Chantry Way Billericay Essex CM11 2AP
Received 8 Dec 202339 Chantry Way Billericay Essex CM11 2AP
Received 8 Dec 2023Westgate Park, Unit 1 Fodderwick Basildon Essex SS14 1WP
Received 8 Dec 2023Willow Lodge Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 8 Dec 20239 Abrahams Close Basildon Essex SS14 3QQ
Received 9 Dec 2023Harold Wood Green Lane Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TT
Received 11 Dec 202347-49 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0AR
Received 12 Dec 202323 Tinkler Side Basildon Essex SS14 1LE
Received 12 Dec 2023Parsonage Farm Cottage Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 12 Dec 20235 Hedingham Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9QZ
Received 12 Dec 2023Lonsdale Parkstone Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JE
Received 13 Dec 2023Parsonage Farm Cottage Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 13 Dec 20239 The Willows Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2ES
Received 13 Dec 202350 Tavistock Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5QQ
Received 13 Dec 2023Tibbs Porch The Chase Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9EX
Received 11 Dec 202323 Tinkler Side Basildon Essex SS14 1LE
Received 13 Dec 2023Toomey Renault Bramston Way Laindon Essex SS15 6RW
Received 13 Dec 20234 Bourne Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6DZ
Received 14 Dec 2023The Elms Nursery Hardings Elms Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UH
Received 14 Dec 2023Land To The South Of Wash Road Wash Road Laindon Essex
Received 13 Dec 2023Land Junction With Old Nevendon Road Wickford Essex
Received 13 Dec 2023Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH
Received 14 Dec 20237 Margeth Road Billericay Essex CM12 9UT
Received 14 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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