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.
5,912 approved · 1,183 refused · 183 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of Castledon Road Wickford Essex
Received 7 Jun 2024147 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JH
Received 7 Jun 202442 Masters Crescent Laindon Essex SS15 6HW
Received 7 Jun 2024Verse Market Road Wickford Essex SS12 0FL
Received 8 Jun 20249 St James Mews Billericay Essex CM12 9DH
Received 10 Jun 2024Land South Of 70 Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 10 Jun 2024105 Beauchamps Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8LX
Received 10 Jun 202439 Curlew Crescent Basildon Essex SS16 5HR
Received 10 Jun 2024Billet Autosales Archers Fields Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1DN
Received 10 Jun 20242 Chapel Mews Billericay Essex CM12 9GY
Received 10 Jun 2024150 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JE
Received 10 Jun 202416 Penrith Crescent Wickford Essex SS11 7FL
Received 11 Jun 202418 Athelstan Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7EE
Received 11 Jun 202410 Summerdale Billericay Essex CM12 9EL
Received 11 Jun 202424 Marlborough Way Billericay Essex CM12 0YH
Received 11 Jun 20241 Lawrence Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2NB
Received 11 Jun 202455 Edward Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7EH
Received 11 Jun 2024Orchard View Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RJ
Received 11 Jun 202410 Eisenhower Road Laindon Essex SS15 6JR
Received 12 Jun 202422 Hazel Close Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 5GT
Received 12 Jun 202422 Hazel Close Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 5GT
Received 12 Jun 2024Car Park 14 Laindon Link Basildon Essex
Received 12 Jun 202426 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QR
Received 12 Jun 2024112-118 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BY
Received 12 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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