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.
5,783 approved · 1,148 refused · 176 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
90 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0AR
Received 8 Nov 2023Kingfisher House Chester Hall Lane Basildon Essex SS14 3DA
Received 6 Nov 202335 Elder Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LP
Received 8 Nov 20236-7 The Cottage Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SY
Received 8 Nov 202325 Earl Mountbatten Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0ED
Received 7 Nov 20231 Wayletts Cottages Brentwood Road Dunton Brentwood Essex CM13 3SH
Received 9 Nov 202311 Parklands Billericay Essex CM11 1AS
Received 9 Nov 202315 Buckerills Pitsea Essex SS13 3EP
Received 8 Nov 2023325 Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0RF
Received 9 Nov 2023Elton Ramsden View Road Wickford Essex SS12 0LE
Received 10 Nov 202322 Kennedy Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6LE
Received 10 Nov 202329 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BG
Received 10 Nov 2023Land To The North And South Of London Road Vange Essex
Received 10 Nov 2023Land At Gardiners Lane South Gardiners Lane South Basildon Essex
Received 10 Nov 202358 Hunts Mead Billericay Essex CM12 9JA
Received 10 Nov 2023Dunton Wayletts Farm Brentwood Road Dunton Brentwood Essex CM13 3SH
Received 11 Nov 2023303 Witchards Basildon Essex SS16 5BN
Received 11 Nov 2023245 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UN
Received 12 Nov 2023Land South Of 1 - 27 Ballards Walk Basildon Essex
Received 13 Nov 2023The Barns Holiday Cottage Homestead Drive Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5PE
Received 13 Nov 2023Brightside County Junior And Infant School Brightside Billericay Essex CM12 0LE
Received 13 Nov 2023Land At Junction Of Nether Mayne And Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 13 Nov 2023Fayrelane Lodge Durham Road Laindon Essex SS15 6PH
Received 13 Nov 2023Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 13 Nov 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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