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.
6,411 approved · 1,295 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
39 Runwell Road Wickford Essex SS11 7HG
Received 7 Feb 202571 Kathleen Ferrier Crescent Laindon Essex SS15 5QX
Received 7 Feb 20253 Penwood Close Billericay Essex CM11 1DY
Received 10 Feb 202538 Bedford Road Laindon Essex SS15 6PG
Received 11 Feb 20259 Coburg Lane Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6TH
Received 11 Feb 2025Ku Ming Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1PJ
Received 11 Feb 202534 Scrub Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9PG
Received 3 Feb 2025Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 11 Feb 202582 Town Square Basildon Essex SS14 1BJ
Received 12 Feb 202530 Sporhams Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5TT
Received 12 Feb 202516 Broome Road Billericay Essex CM11 1ES
Received 12 Feb 202536 Potash Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DL
Received 13 Feb 20258 Edgecotts Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5SN
Received 13 Feb 20252 Paynters Mead Basildon Essex SS16 4EB
Received 13 Feb 20251 Post Meadow Billericay Essex CM11 2SE
Received 13 Feb 202523 Chestwood Close Billericay Essex CM12 0PB
Received 13 Feb 2025104 Bruce Grove Wickford Essex SS11 8QH
Received 13 Feb 2025103 Nether Priors Basildon Essex SS14 1LS
Received 13 Feb 2025Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 13 Feb 2025White Post Farm Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SY
Received 14 Feb 2025167 Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0NU
Received 14 Feb 2025Car Park At Markhams Chase Basildon Essex
Received 14 Feb 2025Trafford House Cherrydown East Basildon Essex SS16 5HG
Received 14 Feb 20252 Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5DY
Received 14 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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