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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5,865 approved · 1,169 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elm Lodge Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1NR
Received 22 Mar 202420 The Firle Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6NB
Received 22 Mar 202419 Glenside Billericay Essex CM11 2LY
Received 22 Mar 2024Treetops High Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6HQ
Received 22 Mar 20249 Knightbridge Walk Billericay Essex CM12 0HP
Received 23 Mar 202437 Pebmarsh Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9AU
Received 23 Mar 202414 Cumberland Drive Laindon Essex SS15 6QS
Received 25 Mar 2024Pilgrim House High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9XY
Received 25 Mar 20244 The Hoe Billericay Essex CM12 9XB
Received 25 Mar 2024Maitland Lodge Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 25 Mar 2024The Lees Upper Avenue Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LR
Received 25 Mar 2024Foxboro Lodge Southway Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LZ
Received 26 Mar 202451 Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0NA
Received 26 Mar 202458 Elder Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LU
Received 26 Mar 2024Unit 8B Festival Leisure Park Festival Way Basildon Essex SS14 3WB
Received 26 Mar 20243 Little Bentley Basildon Essex SS14 2EJ
Received 26 Mar 2024153 Nevendon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0NL
Received 26 Mar 20245 - 7 Willowdale Centre High Street Wickford Essex SS12 0RA
Received 27 Mar 202434 Lilford Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BS
Received 27 Mar 20241 Wayletts Cottages Brentwood Road Dunton Brentwood Essex CM13 3SH
Received 27 Mar 2024Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 27 Mar 2024Brookside Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9JF
Received 27 Mar 2024157 Forest Glade Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SG
Received 27 Mar 2024115 The Knares Basildon Essex SS16 5SB
Received 26 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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