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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.
5,806 approved · 1,156 refused · 177 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodbridge Branksome Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JD
Received 21 Dec 20233 West Park Drive Billericay Essex CM12 9EH
Received 22 Dec 202310 Tollesbury Close Wickford Essex SS12 9HT
Received 22 Dec 202331 Balmoral Close Billericay Essex CM11 2LL
Received 21 Dec 20234 Burghstead Court Billericay Essex CM12 9LA
Received 22 Dec 2023219 Nevendon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0PX
Received 23 Dec 2023St Francis Eversley Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2DG
Received 23 Dec 2023138 Great Gregorie Basildon Essex SS16 5QF
Received 25 Dec 202353 Manor Avenue Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2AU
Received 27 Dec 202318 - 22 High Street Wickford Essex
Received 28 Dec 2023174 Great Berry Lane Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6BS
Received 29 Dec 2023Tesco Mandeville Way Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6TJ
Received 29 Dec 2023149 Swan Lane Wickford Essex SS11 7DG
Received 2 Jan 20249 The Waterfalls Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6HE
Received 2 Jan 202412 Graham Close Billericay Essex CM12 0QW
Received 3 Jan 2024Land South Of London Road Billericay Essex
Received 3 Jan 20245 St Agnes Road Billericay Essex CM12 9UR
Received 5 Jan 2024231 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LB
Received 5 Jan 202441 Mount Road Wickford Essex SS11 8HJ
Received 5 Jan 20248 Priors Close Basildon Essex SS14 1JZ
Received 5 Jan 2024Ghyll Grove Nursing Home Ghyllgrove Basildon Essex
Received 5 Jan 202493 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DT
Received 7 Jan 20241 Samuel Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6EZ
Received 8 Jan 2024Florence Court Florence Way Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6BF
Received 8 Jan 2024Records 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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