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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.
5,822 approved · 1,159 refused · 178 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodland North Of Witchards Basildon Essex
Received 2 Feb 202489 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AT
Received 2 Feb 2024Lyndhurst Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9TG
Received 3 Feb 202418 Great Leighs Way Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1QN
Received 3 Feb 2024The Ranch Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 5 Feb 2024Communication Hub O/S 106-114 Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 5 Feb 2024Communication Hub O/S 106-114 Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 5 Feb 2024Communication Hub Outside 67 Southernhay Basildon Essex
Received 5 Feb 2024Communication Hub Outside 67 Southernhay Basildon Essex
Received 5 Feb 2024Pavement Outside 19 Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 5 Feb 2024Pavement Outside 19 Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 5 Feb 2024Pavement Outside 119 High Street Billericay Essex
Received 5 Feb 2024Pavement Outside 119 High Street Billericay Essex
Received 5 Feb 202420 Parker Drive Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LQ
Received 5 Feb 20243 Boleyn Close Billericay Essex CM12 0YZ
Received 6 Feb 2024Blue Cedars London Road Billericay Essex CM12 9HS
Received 6 Feb 2024St Meachard Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LT
Received 7 Feb 20246 Horace Road Billericay Essex CM11 1AA
Received 30 Jan 202479 Bebington Drive Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5JZ
Received 1 Feb 202480 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BT
Received 7 Feb 202461 Runwell Road Wickford Essex SS11 7HL
Received 8 Feb 202417 Stapleford End Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8XT
Received 8 Feb 2024Fairwinds Farm, Farm Office Lower Dunton Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex RM14 3TD
Received 8 Feb 2024Land North Of Southend Arterial Road Rayleigh Essex
Received 8 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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