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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.
5,961 approved · 1,190 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Clayton Way Langdon Hills Basildon SS16 5PN
Received 7 Aug 2024Laindon Shopping Centre Laindon Centre Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5TH
Received 6 Aug 202417 High Road North Laindon Essex SS15 4DH
Received 8 Aug 2024108 Forest Glade Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SX
Received 8 Aug 2024Coop The Pantiles Billericay Essex CM12 0UA
Received 8 Aug 2024Fairwinds Farm, Farm Office Lower Dunton Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex RM14 3TD
Received 9 Aug 202437 Lakeside Billericay Essex CM12 0NF
Received 9 Aug 2024New House Gouldings Farm Wharf Lane Vange Essex SS16 4SP
Received 9 Aug 2024Car Park To The Front Of Homebase London Road Vange Essex SS16 4PR
Received 9 Aug 2024Car Park To The Front Of Homebase London Road Vange Essex SS16 4PR
Received 9 Aug 202471 Wimbish End Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3PG
Received 9 Aug 202412 Wash Road Laindon Essex SS15 4ER
Received 10 Aug 2024Land At Lower Dunton Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 9 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To 6 Southernhay Basildon Essex SS14 1EL
Received 12 Aug 202455 Dennington Crescent Basildon Essex SS14 2FF
Received 12 Aug 202410 Porchester Road Billericay Essex CM12 0UQ
Received 13 Aug 202412 Northlands Pavement Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 13 Aug 20242 Primrose Close Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6BL
Received 13 Aug 2024Crays Hill Trailer Park Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XZ
Received 13 Aug 2024Car Park At Markhams Chase Basildon Essex
Received 13 Aug 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 14 Aug 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 14 Aug 2024178 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0ET
Received 15 Aug 2024Land South Of 70 Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 16 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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