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.
6,467 approved · 1,307 refused · 209 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bus Shelter O/s 67 Devonshire Road Laindon Essex
Received 29 Mar 20253 Mercury Close Wickford Essex SS11 8LR
Received 29 Mar 2025Land At Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 29 Mar 20253 Nuthatch Close Billericay Essex CM11 2PQ
Received 29 Mar 202531 Fairfield Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9NP
Received 30 Mar 202533 Daltons Fen Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1JE
Received 31 Mar 2025Land At Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 31 Mar 202519 Vermont Close Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1BH
Received 31 Mar 202549 High Street Wickford Essex SS12 9AE
Received 31 Mar 2025Land At Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 31 Mar 202577 Upland Road Billericay Essex CM12 0LD
Received 31 Mar 202513 Sandown Close Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PD
Received 31 Mar 2025Bromfords Villa Borwick Lane Wickford Essex SS12 0QA
Received 31 Mar 20254 St Marys Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9DU
Received 31 Mar 2025Royale Dunton Court Lower Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 1 Apr 2025Land North Of 12 West Cloister West Cloister Billericay Essex
Received 1 Apr 202533 Durban Lane Laindon Essex SS15 4JU
Received 1 Apr 202521 Scholars Crescent Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6HD
Received 1 Apr 20252 Balmoral Close Billericay Essex CM11 2LL
Received 1 Apr 2025The Paddocks Studland Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 1 Apr 2025Land At The Rear Of Chaffinch Crescent Billericay Essex CM11 2YX
Received 2 Apr 2025Floreat Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5ND
Received 2 Apr 202518 Farnes Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0BX
Received 3 Apr 2025Land South Of 17 Crawford Chase Wickford Essex
Received 3 Apr 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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