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.
6,394 approved · 1,287 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
9 Willowdale Centre High Street Wickford Essex SS12 0RA
Received 8 Jan 202589 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AT
Received 8 Jan 2025Land South Of Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 8 Jan 2025Rear Of 245 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LB
Received 8 Jan 20254 Park Side Billericay Essex CM11 2BN
Received 8 Jan 202563 Swan Lane Wickford Essex SS11 7DE
Received 9 Jan 2025Great Bear Distribution Bramston Link Laindon Essex SS15 6TX
Received 9 Jan 2025330 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8QS
Received 9 Jan 202577 Upland Road Billericay Essex CM12 0LD
Received 9 Jan 2025Land West Of The Ashes Meadow Way Wickford Essex
Received 10 Jan 2025Land At Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 11 Jan 2025Tesco Extra Hazelmere Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3JU
Received 13 Jan 2025Tany Ralt Southbourne Grove Wickford Essex SS12 0JT
Received 13 Jan 202541 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AZ
Received 13 Jan 202541 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AZ
Received 13 Jan 2025Land At Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 13 Jan 202522 South Ridge Billericay Essex CM11 2ER
Received 13 Jan 2025138 Great Gregorie Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5QF
Received 13 Jan 202519 Hengist Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7EL
Received 14 Jan 2025St Therese Of Lisieux Catholic Church Florence Way Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6AJ
Received 13 Jan 202580 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BT
Received 14 Jan 20258 Highlands Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HR
Received 15 Jan 202556 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QS
Received 15 Jan 202523 Lisa Close Billericay Essex CM12 0QT
Received 15 Jan 2025Records 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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