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.
5,974 approved · 1,191 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
5 Lilac Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0BW
Received 27 Aug 2024Grandmas Cottage Osborne Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LG
Received 28 Aug 2024413 Outwood Common Road Billericay Billericay Essex CM11 1ET
Received 28 Aug 2024110 High Street Billericay Essex
Received 27 Aug 202452 Lucerne Walk Wickford Essex SS11 8PT
Received 28 Aug 2024De Burgh House Barclays Bank Plc Market Road Wickford Essex SS12 0BA
Received 28 Aug 202421 Bell Hill Close Billericay Essex CM12 9FS
Received 28 Aug 2024Rose Lodge Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 28 Aug 202431 Longfield Road Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PU
Received 29 Aug 20245 Lilac Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0BW
Received 29 Aug 2024Festival Leisure Park, Unit 16 Festival Way Basildon Essex SS14 3WB
Received 29 Aug 2024Land South Of Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 29 Aug 2024Land South Of Tyefields Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 29 Aug 2024Land South Of Tyefields Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 29 Aug 202468 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1AN
Received 29 Aug 2024169 Witchards Basildon Essex SS16 5BH
Received 30 Aug 20245 The Knoll Billericay Essex CM12 0NT
Received 30 Aug 20241 Weavers Close Billericay Essex CM11 2AS
Received 30 Aug 2024Land At Gardiners Lane South Gardiners Lane South Basildon Essex
Received 30 Aug 2024Asilah Lodge Christchurch Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JR
Received 30 Aug 202459 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QS
Received 31 Aug 202425 Wick Beech Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8AP
Received 31 Aug 202414 Hillside Road Billericay Essex CM11 2DA
Received 31 Aug 202459 Quilters Straight Basildon Essex SS14 2SJ
Received 1 Sept 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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