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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.
5,807 approved · 1,156 refused · 177 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
First Bus Cherrydown East Basildon Essex SS16 5AG
Received 22 Dec 2023Southwood Court Great Spenders Basildon Essex SS14 2PJ
Received 8 Jan 2024Ford Research And Engineering Centre West Mayne Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6EE
Received 8 Jan 2024Foxboro Lodge Southway Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LZ
Received 9 Jan 2024Land East Of Burnt Mills Burnt Mills Road North Benfleet Basildon Essex
Received 9 Jan 2024132 Redgrave Road Basildon Essex SS16 4HL
Received 9 Jan 2024J Sainsbury Plc Cricketers Way Basildon Essex SS13 1SA
Received 9 Jan 202431 Balmoral Close Billericay Essex CM11 2LL
Received 9 Jan 20248-14 East Walk Basildon Essex SS14 1HH
Received 10 Jan 202412 Monarch Close Wickford Essex SS11 8GF
Received 10 Jan 2024The Four Seasons Victoria Road Laindon Essex SS15 6AW
Received 10 Jan 2024Martin's 12 Grange Parade Grange Road Billericay Essex CM11 2RB
Received 5 Jan 202413 Fletchers Basildon Essex SS16 5TU
Received 8 Jan 202446 Cromwell Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AG
Received 10 Jan 2024Plot 2 Cecil Drive Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 11 Jan 2024Maitland Lodge Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 11 Jan 20241 Lee Woottens Lane Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5HE
Received 12 Jan 2024Land At Bell Farm London Road Wickford Essex
Received 11 Jan 20244 Leysings Basildon SS16 5SL
Received 12 Jan 202456 Chestnut Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9JG
Received 12 Jan 2024112-118 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BY
Received 12 Jan 202413 Mill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2SF
Received 12 Jan 2024183 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BZ
Received 15 Jan 2024Adelaide Villas 1 Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XA
Received 10 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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