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.
6,397 approved · 1,288 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 15 Jan 2025Great Bear Distribution Bramston Link Laindon Essex SS15 6TX
Received 15 Jan 202529 Bedford Road Laindon Essex SS15 6PG
Received 15 Jan 20255 Samuel Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6EZ
Received 15 Jan 202554 High Street Wickford Essex
Received 16 Jan 2025Land Opposite Heyburns Southlands Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex
Received 16 Jan 2025Riverside House Lower Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8BB
Received 16 Jan 202529 Friern Gardens Wickford Essex SS12 0HA
Received 15 Jan 2025Land At Southlands Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex
Received 17 Jan 202516 Bellevue Road Billericay Essex CM12 9HB
Received 17 Jan 2025Mayflower High School Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0RT
Received 20 Jan 202521 Ross Way Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6LX
Received 20 Jan 20257 Coppice Lane Basildon Essex SS15 4JS
Received 20 Jan 20252 Kimberley Drive Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4DU
Received 20 Jan 20256C Station Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 7AS
Received 20 Jan 202578 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DT
Received 20 Jan 202551 Bunting Lane Billericay Essex CM11 2YT
Received 20 Jan 202532 Amberden Basildon Essex SS15 5DY
Received 20 Jan 2025Land At Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 21 Jan 2025Land At Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5SZ
Received 21 Jan 20254 Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5SZ
Received 21 Jan 2025Lok'N Store Limited Unit 5 St Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3UL
Received 21 Jan 2025Unit 2 St Hilary Retail Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3BA
Received 21 Jan 20256 Regent Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0GD
Received 21 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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