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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.
5,818 approved · 1,159 refused · 178 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Thetford Place Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4ED
Received 29 Jan 202446 Porchester Road Billericay Essex CM12 0UQ
Received 29 Jan 2024My Grace The Chase Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9EX
Received 29 Jan 20248 Swinborne Court Swinbourne Road Basildon Essex SS13 1QA
Received 29 Jan 202455 Edward Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7EH
Received 30 Jan 2024Plot 2 Holly Tree Five Acres Farm Hovefields Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9JD
Received 16 Jan 2024231 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LB
Received 30 Jan 2024Billericay Town Football Club Blunts Wall Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SA
Received 30 Jan 2024Dunton Hall Church Road Dunton Basildon Essex CM13 3SS
Received 29 Jan 202428 Suffolk Drive Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6QG
Received 30 Jan 202415 West Park Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9EE
Received 31 Jan 2024Parsonage Farm Cottage Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 31 Jan 20242 Rosslyn Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JN
Received 31 Jan 202429 Nuthatch Close Billericay Essex CM11 2PQ
Received 31 Jan 2024Anglian Water Authority Outwood Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2NA
Received 31 Jan 202474 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BS
Received 31 Jan 20248 Cavell Road Billericay Essex CM11 2HS
Received 31 Jan 202434 Ingaway Basildon Essex SS16 5QR
Received 1 Feb 202418 Beauchamps Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8NL
Received 1 Feb 202423 Orchid Place Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5GZ
Received 1 Feb 202420 St Agnes Road Billericay Essex CM12 9UR
Received 1 Feb 202453 Mount Close Wickford Essex SS11 8HF
Received 1 Feb 202453 Mount Close Wickford Essex SS11 8HF
Received 1 Feb 20245 Fairleigh Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2DY
Received 2 Feb 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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