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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.
6,444 approved · 1,301 refused · 207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Margarite Way Wickford Essex SS12 0ES
Received 19 Mar 2025Land South Of Lyn View Hovefields Drive Wickford Essex
Received 20 Mar 2025Land At Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 20 Mar 2025Amoroza Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RH
Received 20 Mar 202521 Westley Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5PA
Received 20 Mar 202520 Walsingham Way Billericay Essex CM12 0YE
Received 20 Mar 202522 Crawford Chase Wickford Essex SS12 9QW
Received 20 Mar 20252 Mill Cottage Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9QH
Received 20 Mar 2025Lake Meadows Cafe Lake Meadows Lake Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AJ
Received 21 Mar 2025Land At East Square Basildon Essex
Received 21 Mar 2025Park Lodge Hawkesbury Bush Lane Vange Essex SS16 5JS
Received 21 Mar 202568 Kings Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4AQ
Received 21 Mar 202522 Coopers Drive Billericay Essex CM11 2TN
Received 22 Mar 202559 Fourth Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8RH
Received 22 Mar 202523 High Barrets Vange Basildon Essex SS14 1TR
Received 22 Mar 2025The Anchorage Buckwyns Chase Billericay Essex CM12 0TN
Received 23 Mar 202526 Tattenham Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6EL
Received 24 Mar 202560 Luncies Road Basildon Essex SS14 1SA
Received 24 Mar 2025Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 24 Mar 202542 Seaview Avenue Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4QZ
Received 24 Mar 2025Land At Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 24 Mar 20258 Moat Edge Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0NJ
Received 24 Mar 202510 Outwood Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2NA
Received 24 Mar 20258 Cromwell Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AE
Received 24 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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