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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.
6,359 approved · 1,278 refused · 201 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Fourth Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8RQ
Received 31 Oct 202489 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AT
Received 1 Nov 2024Land At Great Cowbridge Grange Farm London Road Billericay Essex
Received 1 Nov 2024150 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JE
Received 1 Nov 202417 Oldwyk Basildon Essex SS16 4NU
Received 1 Nov 2024101 Grange Road Billericay Essex CM11 2RL
Received 1 Nov 2024Orchard View Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RJ
Received 1 Nov 2024Pagets Tye Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9NX
Received 1 Nov 2024Rose Lodge Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 4 Nov 2024Floreat Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5ND
Received 22 Oct 2024Land At Wash Road Junction With Bridge Street Wash Road Laindon Essex
Received 4 Nov 20249 Noak Hill Close Billericay Essex CM12 9UZ
Received 4 Nov 20242 High Bank Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6TG
Received 5 Nov 2024Squirrels Nest Sugden Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JB
Received 5 Nov 2024Land North Of Bowers Close London Road Pitsea Essex
Received 5 Nov 2024Enterprise Centre, Cranes Point Paycocke Road Basildon Essex SS14 3AP
Received 5 Nov 2024238 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0JX
Received 5 Nov 202447 Ganels Road Billericay Essex CM11 2TG
Received 5 Nov 202410 Bromfelde Road Billericay Essex CM11 2XT
Received 5 Nov 20241 Sheraday Courtyard High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BQ
Received 6 Nov 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 6 Nov 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 6 Nov 2024Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 6 Nov 20244 Frobisher Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5YA
Received 6 Nov 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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