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.
5,893 approved · 1,177 refused · 182 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of Radwinter Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 9SH
Received 7 May 202418 Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0LZ
Received 8 May 202434 Furrowfelde Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5EY
Received 8 May 202456 Chestnut Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9JG
Received 8 May 2024Car Park At Markhams Chase Basildon Essex
Received 8 May 2024Numbers 26 To 50 Ganels Road Billericay Essex
Received 6 May 2024Grevatt Lodge Rectory Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2NN
Received 8 May 2024166 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8EH
Received 8 May 2024Unit 2 Heron Trading Estate Bruce Grove Wickford Essex SS11 8BT
Received 9 May 2024McDonald's High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3AX
Received 9 May 2024455 Whitmore Way Basildon Essex SS14 2HN
Received 8 May 2024Kings Ransom High Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6BU
Received 9 May 202419 Rokells Basildon Essex SS14 2BH
Received 9 May 202423 Emanuel Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6EX
Received 10 May 2024Mary Magdelene Church High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BS
Received 13 May 2024Land At Outwood Common Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HA
Received 9 May 2024St Gabriels Community Hall Rectory Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2AA
Received 13 May 202415 West Croft Billericay Essex CM11 2BP
Received 13 May 20244 Holly Court High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AP
Received 13 May 20244 Holly Court High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AP
Received 13 May 2024Buttsbury Lodge Stock Road Billericay Essex CM4 9PJ
Received 13 May 202430 Radford Way Billericay Essex CM12 0DA
Received 13 May 2024Land South Of Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 13 May 202462 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HW
Received 13 May 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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