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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.
5,857 approved · 1,167 refused · 180 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2019 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Portman Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0PE
Received 6 Mar 2024Land Adjacent To 6 Southernhay Basildon Essex SS14 1EL
Received 6 Mar 202419 Winifred Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3JG
Received 6 Mar 2024355 Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 4HA
Received 7 Mar 202418 Clickett Hill Basildon Essex SS14 1NW
Received 7 Mar 2024The Cottage Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SY
Received 7 Mar 2024Morbec Farm Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9JF
Received 6 Mar 202431 Battleswick Basildon Essex SS14 3LA
Received 6 Mar 20243 Lakeside Billericay Essex CM12 0NF
Received 7 Mar 2024RSPB Vange Wick Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex
Received 7 Mar 2024Inn On The Green Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 0EH
Received 7 Mar 2024Clayfields Pitsea View Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YN
Received 8 Mar 2024107 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QU
Received 8 Mar 2024Avoca Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1PJ
Received 8 Mar 202412 Northlands Pavement Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 8 Mar 202418 Charity Farm Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9LF
Received 8 Mar 2024Land North Of Bowers Close London Road Pitsea Essex
Received 8 Mar 2024Elton Ramsden View Road Wickford Essex SS12 0LE
Received 11 Mar 2024Finished By Hand Radford Way Billericay Essex
Received 11 Mar 202423 Abbey Road Billericay Essex CM12 9NF
Received 11 Mar 202493 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DT
Received 12 Mar 2024Log Cabin 245 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex
Received 12 Mar 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 12 Mar 2024Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 12 Mar 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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