Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,742 approved · 1,136 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
157 Forest Glade Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SG
Received 9 Sept 20234 Bootham Close Billericay Essex CM12 9NQ
Received 16 Aug 2023Willow End Farm Approach Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UT
Received 11 Sept 202329 Carpenter Close Billericay Essex CM12 0EA
Received 30 Aug 2023Smilers Farm Pound Lane North Benfleet Basildon Essex SS12 9JS
Received 11 Sept 2023Myrtle Cottage Cornwall Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2JZ
Received 11 Sept 2023Garages At Swan Close Lee Chapel North Basildon Essex
Received 11 Sept 2023174 Great Berry Lane Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6BS
Received 12 Sept 202345 Hill Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8LH
Received 12 Sept 2023Land At Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 11 Sept 2023Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 13 Sept 202391 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0RN
Received 14 Sept 202312 West Croft Billericay Essex CM11 2BP
Received 14 Sept 2023Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 14 Sept 202316 Moat Edge Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0NJ
Received 15 Sept 202317 Camelot Gardens Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1AN
Received 15 Sept 20236 Tinkler Side Basildon Essex SS14 1LE
Received 15 Sept 2023St Margarets School London Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2DT
Received 11 Sept 202390 Pinmill Barstable Basildon Essex SS14 1LJ
Received 11 Sept 2023Balestra London Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2UY
Received 11 Sept 202320 High View Rise Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XU
Received 15 Sept 202310 Burstead Drive Billericay Essex CM11 2QS
Received 15 Sept 202317 Camelot Gardens Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1AN
Received 15 Sept 2023Kingswood Community Centre Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5AD
Received 15 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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