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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.
5,928 approved · 1,187 refused · 183 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 High Road North Laindon Essex SS15 4DH
Received 25 Jun 20243 Brook Cottages Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TA
Received 24 Jun 2024Rear Of 17 Radford Way Billericay Essex CM12 0AA
Received 25 Jun 202494 Upland Road Billericay Essex CM12 0LD
Received 25 Jun 202496A Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0ND
Received 26 Jun 2024Car Park 14 Laindon Link Basildon Essex
Received 26 Jun 2024Windermere Markhams Chase Basildon Essex SS15 5LB
Received 26 Jun 2024West Mount High Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6DB
Received 26 Jun 20246 Frithwood Lane Billericay Essex CM12 9PJ
Received 27 Jun 2024Fairview Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex
Received 26 Jun 2024Land At Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 27 Jun 2024Land At Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 27 Jun 202433 Vowler Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6AG
Received 27 Jun 202450-52 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BS
Received 27 Jun 202450-52 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BS
Received 27 Jun 202440 Lake Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AJ
Received 27 Jun 2024First And Second Floor Unique House 147 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AB
Received 27 Jun 2024Land To The East Of Lower Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 28 Jun 202460 Kenilworth Place Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4DQ
Received 28 Jun 2024McDonald's High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3AX
Received 28 Jun 202415 Osborne Road Basildon Essex SS16 4AL
Received 28 Jun 202445 Vowler Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6AQ
Received 1 Jul 20242 Wick Beech Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8AP
Received 1 Jul 2024Mayfield Osborne Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LG
Received 2 Jul 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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