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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.
5,877 approved · 1,171 refused · 181 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Badachro Burnt Mills Road North Benfleet Basildon Essex SS12 9JX
Received 10 Apr 202439 Tyler Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5UR
Received 11 Apr 20241A Mons Avenue Billericay Essex CM11 2HG
Received 11 Apr 202447 Southcote Crescent Fryerns Basildon Essex SS14 3PU
Received 11 Apr 2024162 Waterville Drive Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4TY
Received 8 Apr 2024Land West Of The Hoathley Windsor Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex
Received 11 Apr 2024Maitland Lodge Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 11 Apr 20241 Popes Crescent Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3AD
Received 11 Apr 202481 Swan Lane Wickford Essex SS11 7DE
Received 12 Apr 20245 Frithwood Close Billericay Essex CM12 9PL
Received 11 Apr 202411 Eisenhower Road Laindon Essex SS15 6JR
Received 12 Apr 202415 Greens Farm Lane Billericay Essex CM11 2EZ
Received 13 Apr 20245 Welbeck Drive Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6BU
Received 15 Apr 202423 Murray Way Wickford Essex SS12 9SB
Received 15 Apr 20244 Goodmayes Walk Wickford Essex SS12 9BL
Received 15 Apr 2024364 Outwood Common Road Billericay Essex CM11 2LZ
Received 15 Apr 2024Craylands Estates And Former Fryerns School Site Craylands Basildon Essex
Received 16 Apr 2024Car Park At Markhams Chase Basildon Essex
Received 16 Apr 20242 Carvers Cottage Dunton Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TY
Received 16 Apr 20243 Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 9EU
Received 16 Apr 2024Car Park 14 Laindon Link Basildon Essex
Received 16 Apr 2024Woodville Meadow Way Wickford Essex SS12 9HA
Received 16 Apr 2024Land To The North East Of Sappers Farm Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex
Received 16 Apr 20247 The Oaks Billericay Essex CM11 2RP
Received 16 Apr 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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