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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.
5,737 approved · 1,136 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Gilbert Drive Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SP
Received 1 Sept 20236 Pound Lane Laindon Essex SS15 5SZ
Received 2 Sept 2023208 Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 4AA
Received 2 Sept 20232 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UG
Received 3 Sept 20234 Guernsey Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7BA
Received 4 Sept 202329 School Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6GH
Received 4 Sept 20234 Maplebrook Mews Billericay Essex CM12 0GG
Received 4 Sept 202325 Furrowfelde Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5HA
Received 5 Sept 2023Wickford Railway Station Station Approach Wickford Essex SS11 7AT
Received 5 Sept 20231 Charters Court Wickford Essex SS11 8LQ
Received 5 Sept 2023Ann Cottage Grange Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LW
Received 5 Sept 20232 Walton Court Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5RE
Received 5 Sept 2023118 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HW
Received 6 Sept 2023Tibbs Porch The Chase Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9EX
Received 6 Sept 202316 Buller Road Laindon Essex SS15 6BA
Received 6 Sept 2023Tibbs Porch The Chase Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9EX
Received 6 Sept 20232 High Barrets Basildon Essex SS14 1TR
Received 6 Sept 202343 Tattenham Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6EJ
Received 7 Sept 202322 Chapel Street Billericay Essex CM12 9LU
Received 5 Sept 202338 West Beech Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8AL
Received 8 Sept 202345 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QS
Received 8 Sept 20231 Bridgecote Lane Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4BW
Received 8 Sept 202342 Long Gages Basildon Essex SS14 2DU
Received 8 Sept 20232 Munster Court Billericay Essex CM12 0GE
Received 9 Sept 2023Records 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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