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.
5,928 approved · 1,187 refused · 183 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Westray Walk Wickford Essex SS12 9LD
Received 2 Jul 2024Melvue 158 Potash Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HQ
Received 2 Jul 2024Mayfield Osborne Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LG
Received 1 Jul 202456 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0AN
Received 2 Jul 20243 Noak Hill Close Billericay Essex CM12 9UZ
Received 2 Jul 2024Maisron Eversley Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2DJ
Received 3 Jul 202433 The Broadway Wickford Essex
Received 3 Jul 202433 The Broadway Wickford Essex
Received 3 Jul 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 3 Jul 202413 Elder Way Wickford Essex SS12 0LX
Received 4 Jul 202416 Farriers Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0XZ
Received 4 Jul 2024Land North Of Bowers Close London Road Pitsea Essex
Received 4 Jul 2024Hazeldene Markhams Chase Basildon Essex SS15 5LB
Received 4 Jul 202454 High Street Wickford Essex
Received 4 Jul 202454 High Street Wickford Essex
Received 4 Jul 202462 Basildon Drive Basildon Essex SS15 5RN
Received 4 Jul 202437B Eastgate Basildon Essex
Received 4 Jul 202437B Eastgate Basildon Essex
Received 4 Jul 2024Hawkley Court Chapel Street Billericay Essex CM12 9LT
Received 4 Jul 2024Mayne House Fenton Way Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 4 Jul 2024Land South Of Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 4 Jul 2024Land West Of Laindon Road Billericay Essex
Received 5 Jul 2024Pitsea Leisure Centre Maydells Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 5 Jul 202494 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TS
Received 5 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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