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Basildon Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Basildon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates7,794Searchable applications
335Recorded as pending
83%Approval rate · 7,042 approved or refused records
1,169Refused applications
5,873 approved · 1,169 refused · 181 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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More application records
- Decided24/00374/LDCP
To establish the lawfulness of a garage conversion into a habitable room
83 Fairfax Avenue Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1AY
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00376/COND
Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (Construction Method Statement), 6 (Landscaping) and 7 (Indicitive Plan and Materials) of planning permission ref. 23/01040/VAR.
39 Runwell Road Wickford Essex SS11 7HG
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00377/FULL
Rear facade works comprising enlargement of existing first floor windows, creation of new windows at second floor level, and creation of new ground floor level doors
Pilgrim House High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9XY
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00378/FULL
Installation of a 2.4m high Palisade Fence and 2 x 7m double leaf gateswide gates.
Welltex Wollaston Way Basildon Essex SS13 1DJ
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00379/FULL
Erection of a detached two storey dwellinghouse, layout parking and amenity space
Land At Hillway Billericay Essex
Received 6 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00380/FULL
Retrospective application for erection of front extension.
15 Meredene Basildon Essex SS14 1TN
Received 6 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00381/FULL
Single storey side/rear extension
Thatched Cottage Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PP
Received 6 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00382/FULL
Part single and part two storey side and rear extension
87 Knightbridge Walk Billericay Essex CM12 0HL
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00383/TPOBAS
23/00897/TPOBAS - Pine Tree: reduce crown by 1 metre
12 Weir Wynd Billericay Essex CM12 9QG
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00384/FULL
Proposed first floor rear extension over existing sun room
30 Oak Crescent Wickford Essex SS11 7FF
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00385/TPOBAS
TPO/3/84 and TPO/1/89: T1 - Oak - Prune secondary growth to achieve a 2 meter clearance from the adjacent building to prevent rubbing damage to structures. T2 - Oak - Prune secondary growth to achieve a 2 meter clearance from the adjacent building to prevent rubbing damage to structures.
1 Sylvan Court, Ground Floor Sylvan Way Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6TH
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00386/FULL
Raise ridge height of part of the roof. Extension and enlargement of existing dwellinghouse, including insertion of dormers and rooflights
Buckwyns Farm Buckwyns Chase Billericay Essex CM12 0TP
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00387/VAR
Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission reference 23/01099/FULL (Demolition of bungalow and workshops and construct 2 no. bungalows, new vehicular access and layout parking and amenity space) incorporating alterations to the previously approved plans.
Denby Lodge Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YR
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00388/FULL
Proposed raising of roof, two storey extension to front and rear and demolition of existing garage and construction of proposed new single storey outbuilding to garden
6 Tylers Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0RA
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00389/TPOBAS
T1 (Lime) of TPO/06/90 Crown reduction of 3 meters. Remove lowest limb and epicormic growth to be removed up to 5m from ground level.
1 Headingley Close Nevendon Basildon SS13 1BT
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00392/FULL
First floor rear extension
14 Whinhams Way Billericay Essex CM12 0HD
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00393/FULL
Proposed demolition of existing garage/annexe/stable building, redevelopment incorporating extension of the existing bungalow into a two-storey detached chalet style dwelling house and construction of a new two-storey detached chalet style dwelling house alongside, together with single garages to serve both dwellings
The Ranch Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00394/FULL
Proposed single storey side extension
Reflections Newhouse Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JY
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00395/LDCP
To establish the lawfulness of a proposed loft conversion from hipped to gable end, erection of rear facing dormer and 3No. velux windows to front elevation.
87 School Avenue Laindon Basildon SS15 6GH
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00396/LDCP
To establish the lawfulness of the proposed use of the land for the siting of a mobile home (annexe) for use ancillary to the main dwelling
5 Prince Edward Road Billericay Essex CM11 2HA
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00397/COND
Approval of details reserved by condition 29 (Secure by design) of planning reference 22/01485/FULL
Ghyll Grove Nursing Home Ghyllgrove Basildon Essex
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00398/FULL
Single storey side and rear extensions
225A Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0SG
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00399/FULL
Granny Annex (for elderly parents with health issues)
Berry Lodge 5 Sugden Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JB
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/00400/FULL
Alterations to roof including increase to the ridge height to create first floor and with roof window to side elevation
Majola Clarence Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2JW
Received 10 Apr 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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