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.
5,775 approved · 1,145 refused · 176 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
149 Long Riding Basildon Essex SS14 1QT
Received 18 Oct 2023Crouch Solar Farm Site Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 18 Oct 2023Vixen's Retreat 3 Arnold Avenue Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6DW
Received 18 Oct 2023Vicarage 111 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TR
Received 18 Oct 202319 Kings Way Billericay Essex CM11 2QF
Received 18 Oct 2023Urban Storage Units Toys R Us Building Southernhay Basildon Essex SS14 1AZ
Received 18 Oct 2023The Christadelphian Hall Basildon Drive Basildon Essex SS15 5QN
Received 18 Oct 202323 Radford Way Billericay Essex CM12 0AA
Received 19 Oct 2023Broom Cottage Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9TE
Received 19 Oct 2023Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 19 Oct 202397 Kennel Lane Billericay Essex CM11 2SW
Received 19 Oct 202320 Gate Lodge Way Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4AR
Received 19 Oct 20232 Woodlands Close Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4TW
Received 19 Oct 2023155 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8EE
Received 19 Oct 2023140 Ardleigh Basildon Essex SS16 5RW
Received 20 Oct 2023Land Off Ramsden View Road Wickford Essex
Received 20 Oct 202318 Sutcliffe Close Wickford Essex SS12 9DE
Received 21 Oct 202345 The Grove Billericay Essex CM11 1AU
Received 21 Oct 2023Longman Motors East Mayne Basildon Essex SS13 1BW
Received 21 Oct 2023Wayside Cottage Potash Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HH
Received 21 Oct 202321 Guernsey Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7BA
Received 23 Oct 2023Barn Cottage Tye Common Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9SS
Received 19 Oct 2023Ford Research And Engineering Centre West Mayne Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6EE
Received 23 Oct 202325 Earl Mountbatten Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0ED
Received 24 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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