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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.
5,746 approved · 1,139 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Chatfield Way Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2BN
Received 17 Sept 20231 Lee Woottens Lane Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5HE
Received 18 Sept 2023105 Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 9HA
Received 18 Sept 202371 Chapel Street Billericay Essex CM12 9LR
Received 18 Sept 202331 Carpenter Close Billericay Essex CM12 0EA
Received 18 Sept 202318 Rantree Fold Basildon Essex SS16 5TG
Received 19 Sept 202324 Hillhouse Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0BA
Received 19 Sept 20236 St James Mews Billericay Essex CM12 9DH
Received 19 Sept 202339 Chantry Way Billericay Essex CM11 2AP
Received 19 Sept 2023Toys R Us Southernhay Basildon Essex SS14 1AZ
Received 20 Sept 20231 Wayletts Cottages Brentwood Road Dunton Brentwood Essex CM13 3SH
Received 21 Sept 2023Vixen's Retreat 3 Arnold Avenue Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6DW
Received 20 Sept 202345 The Grove Billericay Essex CM11 1AU
Received 20 Sept 20233 Mercer Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DH
Received 21 Sept 202351 Scrub Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9PG
Received 21 Sept 202367 Roodegate Basildon Essex SS14 2AX
Received 21 Sept 202340 Third Avenue Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8RF
Received 22 Sept 2023Lyndhurst Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9TG
Received 22 Sept 2023Unit 1 Crompton Close Basildon Essex SS14 3BA
Received 21 Sept 2023Dc1 Prologis Park Honywood Road Basildon Essex SS14 3TS
Received 22 Sept 2023Dorrond Break Egg Hill Billericay Essex CM11 1EU
Received 21 Sept 202329 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BG
Received 22 Sept 20231 Samuel Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6EZ
Received 22 Sept 2023Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 22 Sept 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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