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.
5,956 approved · 1,190 refused · 184 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Berry Lodge 5 Sugden Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JB
Received 2 Aug 2024Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 2 Aug 2024Cranfield Boarding Kennels Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9LG
Received 2 Aug 20243 Longfield Road Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PU
Received 2 Aug 2024Land South Of Tyefields Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 2 Aug 2024Bradfields Farm Burnt Mills Road North Benfleet Basildon Essex SS12 9JX
Received 3 Aug 202414 Headley Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BJ
Received 3 Aug 20248 Reeves Close Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6PD
Received 3 Aug 2024Land South Of 70 Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 3 Aug 2024Land South Of 70 Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 3 Aug 202490 Highcliffe Road Wickford Essex SS11 8JX
Received 5 Aug 202427 Halstow Way Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2AG
Received 24 Jul 202455 Rise Park Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5DZ
Received 25 Jul 202431 The Grove Billericay Essex CM11 1AU
Received 5 Aug 202416 Tudor Court Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4DX
Received 5 Aug 2024153 School Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6LZ
Received 5 Aug 202419 Langley Place Billericay Essex CM12 0FR
Received 6 Aug 2024Land South Of 70 Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 6 Aug 2024Holly Lodge Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RR
Received 6 Aug 2024St Marys Cottage Eversley Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2DG
Received 6 Aug 2024Bluebell Cottage Fairway Wickford Essex SS12 9EU
Received 7 Aug 2024Fairview Lower Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex CM13 3SN
Received 7 Aug 202436 Elizabeth Way Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5GN
Received 7 Aug 202413 Rosslyn Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JN
Received 7 Aug 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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