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.
6,421 approved · 1,298 refused · 206 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 27 Feb 202522 Fairfield Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9NP
Received 27 Feb 202521 Robertson Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9QH
Received 27 Feb 202516 Windmill Heights Billericay Essex CM12 9QY
Received 27 Feb 202537 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QR
Received 27 Feb 2025155 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8EE
Received 28 Feb 2025Albert House Russell Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 8BX
Received 28 Feb 20255 Puckleside Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5XD
Received 28 Feb 20253 Raven Close Billericay Essex CM12 0JE
Received 28 Feb 202561 Ilmington Drive Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1RD
Received 28 Feb 20257 Rubicon Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8LL
Received 19 Feb 2025Land At Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 28 Feb 202516 Windmill Heights Billericay Essex CM12 9QY
Received 28 Feb 2025Fairview Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex
Received 3 Mar 2025Land South Of Tyefields Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 3 Mar 2025Land South Of Tyefields Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 3 Mar 2025Land South Of Tyefields Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 3 Mar 2025The Old Rectory Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 4 Mar 202517 Redgrave Road Basildon Essex SS16 4HJ
Received 4 Mar 2025Beam End Cottage London Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2UY
Received 4 Mar 20253 Fletchers Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5TU
Received 5 Mar 20253 Brookside Billericay Essex CM11 1DS
Received 5 Mar 202542 Haslemere Road Wickford Essex SS11 7LE
Received 5 Mar 2025Land To The East Of Hydeaway Fairway Wickford Essex
Received 5 Mar 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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