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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.
5,849 approved · 1,165 refused · 179 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Curlew Crescent Basildon Essex SS16 5HR
Received 22 Feb 2024First And Second Floor Unique House 147 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AB
Received 22 Feb 2024Janet Duke Primary School Markhams Chase Basildon Essex SS15 5LS
Received 23 Feb 2024Barn Cottage Tye Common Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9SS
Received 21 Feb 202454 Long Meadow Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8AX
Received 23 Feb 202418 West Beech Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8AL
Received 26 Feb 2024Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 26 Feb 2024Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 26 Feb 2024Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 26 Feb 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 26 Feb 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 26 Feb 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 26 Feb 2024130 Redgrave Road Basildon Essex SS16 4HL
Received 27 Feb 2024Little Bromfords Borwick Lane Wickford Essex SS12 0QA
Received 27 Feb 2024Laindon Service Station Southend Arterial Road Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6DP
Received 26 Feb 202427 Crescent Road Billericay Essex CM12 0JQ
Received 27 Feb 20247 Prince Edward Road Billericay Essex
Received 28 Feb 202438 Brooklands Park Basildon Essex SS15 6BE
Received 27 Feb 20242 Great Spenders Basildon Essex SS14 2NZ
Received 28 Feb 20243 Macgregor Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9PH
Received 28 Feb 2024Crown Centre Crest Avenue Pitsea Essex
Received 28 Feb 2024Watch House Farm 1 Wash Road Laindon Essex SS15 4ER
Received 28 Feb 2024Land West Of Sadlers Hall Farmhouse London Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex
Received 28 Feb 2024Sadlers Hall Farmhouse London Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HD
Received 29 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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