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.
6,401 approved · 1,294 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Bruce Grove Wickford Essex SS11 8RG
Received 28 Jan 20256 West Ridge Billericay Essex CM12 9NN
Received 28 Jan 2025Car Park 14 Laindon Link Basildon Essex
Received 28 Jan 2025Car Park 14 Laindon Link Basildon Essex
Received 28 Jan 2025Coop The Pantiles Billericay Essex CM12 0UA
Received 29 Jan 20259 Mount View Billericay Essex CM11 1HB
Received 29 Jan 202547 Beeston Courts Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5FW
Received 29 Jan 20251 Cavell Road Billericay Essex CM11 2HS
Received 29 Jan 202515 Victoria Crescent Wickford Essex SS12 0DJ
Received 24 Jan 20251A Howard Crescent Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2AB
Received 29 Jan 20251B Howard Crescent Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2AB
Received 29 Jan 20251C Howard Crescent Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2AB
Received 29 Jan 2025Gladwinds London Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HE
Received 29 Jan 202511 Coach Mews Billericay Essex CM11 1DG
Received 29 Jan 2025261 Timberlog Lane Basildon Essex SS14 1PA
Received 30 Jan 202531 Bridleway Billericay Essex CM11 1DP
Received 30 Jan 2025Adelaide Villas 2 Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XA
Received 29 Jan 2025The Dick Turpin Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9HZ
Received 30 Jan 202552 Long Lynderswood Basildon Essex SS15 5AY
Received 30 Jan 202537 West Ridge Billericay Essex CM12 9NN
Received 30 Jan 2025120 Castledon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0EJ
Received 31 Jan 2025Whitesbridge Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2UL
Received 31 Jan 202581 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0RN
Received 31 Jan 2025Land At Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 1 Feb 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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