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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.
5,755 approved · 1,140 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dorrond Break Egg Hill Billericay Essex CM11 1EU
Received 23 Sept 2023162 Great Gregorie Basildon Essex SS16 5QF
Received 25 Sept 2023Broomsticks Nevendon Road Basildon Essex SS13 1BS
Received 25 Sept 2023Broomsticks Nevendon Road Basildon Essex SS13 1BS
Received 25 Sept 2023Westgate Park, Unit 1 Fodderwick Basildon Essex SS14 1WP
Received 25 Sept 2023Pipps Hill Retail Park, Unit E Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3AF
Received 25 Sept 20239 Frerichs Close Wickford Essex SS12 9QD
Received 26 Sept 2023Great Oaks Retail Park Great Oaks Basildon Essex SS14 1EH
Received 26 Sept 202328 Suffolk Drive Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6QG
Received 27 Sept 202390 Potash Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HH
Received 27 Sept 20237 The Firle Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6NB
Received 27 Sept 20239 Rose Close Wickford Essex SS12 9QQ
Received 27 Sept 202319 Rippleside Basildon Essex SS14 1UA
Received 27 Sept 202378 Highlands Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2JA
Received 27 Sept 2023Metro Properties 27 Hornsby Square Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6SD
Received 28 Sept 20233 Maple Mead Billericay Essex CM12 9QS
Received 28 Sept 2023The Nook Bells Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5JR
Received 28 Sept 2023The Nook Bells Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5JR
Received 28 Sept 2023The Nook Bells Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5JR
Received 28 Sept 202351 Ansell Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5NY
Received 28 Sept 2023Land To The North Of 6 Bakers Farm Close Shotgate Wickford Essex
Received 28 Sept 2023259 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UN
Received 29 Sept 2023259 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UN
Received 29 Sept 2023Charal Meadow Way Wickford Essex SS12 9HA
Received 29 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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