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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.
6,476 approved · 1,308 refused · 209 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oak Ridge Thames View Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LN
Received 3 Apr 202512 Spenders Close Basildon Essex SS14 2NX
Received 2 Apr 2025Land North Of Rayleigh Spur Roundabout A130 Benfleet Wickford Essex
Received 2 Apr 2025Land At Greens Farm Lane Billericay Essex
Received 3 Apr 202537 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BG
Received 3 Apr 2025Greenways Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1NS
Received 3 Apr 2025Land North Of Kennel Lane Great Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 4 Apr 2025Land East Of No.15 New Century Road Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 4 Apr 2025122 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BH
Received 4 Apr 2025Land Rear Of 176 London Road Wickford Essex
Received 4 Apr 2025231 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LB
Received 4 Apr 202517 Hengist Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7EL
Received 5 Apr 20259 Jacksons Mews Billericay Essex CM11 2DQ
Received 5 Apr 2025Beony Osborne Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LG
Received 5 Apr 2025Oakmead Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 5 Apr 2025Oakmead Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 5 Apr 20256 Brandon Close Billericay Essex CM12 0YY
Received 6 Apr 2025Land At Holt Place And Kingstown Kennels Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex
Received 7 Apr 2025Maitland Lodge Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 7 Apr 20251 Victoria Crescent Wickford Essex SS12 0DJ
Received 7 Apr 202515 Eisenhower Road Laindon Essex SS15 6JR
Received 8 Apr 202583 Worthing Road Laindon Essex SS15 6JU
Received 9 Apr 202527 Louvaine Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DP
Received 9 Apr 2025Car Park At Markhams Chase Basildon Essex
Received 9 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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