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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.
5,865 approved · 1,169 refused · 180 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2019 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Lampern Crescent Billericay Essex CM12 0FD
Received 17 Mar 2024Land North Of Kennel Lane Billericay Essex
Received 18 Mar 202410 Broome Close Billericay Essex CM11 1SX
Received 18 Mar 2024Grimshill Farm House Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay CM11 2PP
Received 18 Mar 202418 Tudor Court Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4DX
Received 19 Mar 2024Car Parking Spaces At Upper Market Road Wickford Essex
Received 19 Mar 2024Beccles Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RJ
Received 19 Mar 20241 Pendle Drive Basildon Essex SS14 3LS
Received 19 Mar 20241 Pendle Drive Basildon Essex SS14 3LS
Received 19 Mar 202461 Tilney Turn Basildon Essex SS16 4LB
Received 19 Mar 202433 Vowler Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6AG
Received 20 Mar 2024Proposed Costa Drive Thru Festival Leisure Park Festival Way Basildon Essex
Received 20 Mar 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 20 Mar 2024Sunnyview Lower Avenue Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LZ
Received 20 Mar 2024Land North Of Bowers Close London Road Pitsea Essex
Received 20 Mar 20241-3 Butneys Basildon Essex SS14 2DG
Received 21 Mar 202470 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8DU
Received 20 Mar 2024The Phoenix Primary School And Nursery Leinster Road Basildon Essex SS15 5NQ
Received 21 Mar 2024Maitland Lodge Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 21 Mar 2024Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 21 Mar 2024519 Whitmore Way Basildon Essex SS14 2HW
Received 21 Mar 202414 Broxted Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9RA
Received 22 Mar 2024Blunts Wall Farm, Flat 1 Blunts Wall Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SA
Received 22 Mar 202479 Long Lynderswood Basildon Essex SS15 5BA
Received 22 Mar 2024Records 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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