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.
5,906 approved · 1,180 refused · 183 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jobbers Hatches Farm Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9SG
Received 3 Jun 20241 Vale Court Billericay Essex CM4 9PX
Received 3 Jun 2024Auckland Hovefields Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 9JA
Received 4 Jun 202412 West Park Crescent Billericay Essex CM12 9ED
Received 4 Jun 2024Lyndhurst Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9TG
Received 4 Jun 2024R And R Carpets (Essex) Limited 12 Northlands Pavement Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 4 Jun 202412 Northlands Pavement Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 4 Jun 202412 Northlands Pavement Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 4 Jun 202412 Northlands Pavement Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 4 Jun 2024Great Oaks Retail Park Great Oaks Basildon Essex SS14 1GB
Received 4 Jun 202433 Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LY
Received 4 Jun 2024280 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0JZ
Received 4 Jun 202416 Jacks Close Wickford Essex SS11 8ED
Received 5 Jun 2024St Clare Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5ND
Received 4 Jun 2024195 Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 0EH
Received 5 Jun 202412 Cromwell Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AE
Received 6 Jun 2024Pump House 132 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TR
Received 6 Jun 202495 Long Meadow Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8AZ
Received 6 Jun 2024Wootton House Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5ND
Received 6 Jun 2024Land South Of Tyefields Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 7 Jun 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 7 Jun 202416 Coopers Drive Billericay Essex CM11 2TN
Received 7 Jun 202410 Puckleside Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5XD
Received 7 Jun 202420 Bootham Road Billericay Essex CM12 9NG
Received 3 Jun 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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