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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.
5,761 approved · 1,141 refused · 176 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
97 Elizabeth Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0DS
Received 2 Oct 202317 Dukes Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BP
Received 2 Oct 2023Fallowfield Grays Avenue Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LP
Received 2 Oct 2023Maitland Lodge Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 2 Oct 2023Meadway Farm Rectory Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TR
Received 2 Oct 2023Brambletye Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9EP
Received 2 Oct 202335 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8BA
Received 2 Oct 202321 High Road North Laindon Essex SS15 4DH
Received 3 Oct 20234 Victoria Crescent Wickford Essex SS12 0DJ
Received 3 Oct 202340 Wick Beech Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8AP
Received 3 Oct 2023Rosemary Dunton Road Laindon Essex SS15 4BX
Received 3 Oct 2023Wadhurst New Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TS
Received 28 Sept 20234 Victoria Crescent Wickford Essex SS12 0DJ
Received 2 Oct 202345-55 Bowlers Croft Basildon Essex SS14 3EB
Received 3 Oct 202315 Warren Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8NE
Received 3 Oct 20231 Meade Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DE
Received 3 Oct 2023Numbers 26 To 50 Ganels Road Billericay Essex
Received 3 Oct 20233 The Hedgerow Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4HN
Received 4 Oct 2023Rosemary Dunton Road Laindon Essex SS15 4BX
Received 4 Oct 202310 Crouchview Close Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8QB
Received 5 Oct 20234 Bromfelde Road Billericay Essex CM11 2XT
Received 2 Oct 2023Unit D Pipps Hill Retail Park Basildon Essex SS14 3AF
Received 5 Oct 202347 Montpelier Close Billericay Essex CM12 0UH
Received 6 Oct 202393 Pound Lane Laindon Essex SS15 5SP
Received 3 Oct 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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