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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.
6,489 approved · 1,309 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Aimes Green Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1NT
Received 20 Apr 2025United Reformed Church Chapel Street Billericay Essex CM12 9LR
Received 22 Apr 2025Unit 3 The Old Workshop Clarence Road Bowers Gifford And North Benfleet Essex SS13 2JW
Received 22 Apr 202513 Sandown Close Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PD
Received 22 Apr 2025Knights Surgery Portakabin Basildon Sporting Village Cranes Farm Road Basildon Essex SS14 3GR
Received 22 Apr 2025Car Park 14 Laindon Link Basildon Essex
Received 22 Apr 2025Land West Of Mandeville Way Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 22 Apr 2025Hereford Farm Lower Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 22 Apr 2025Bell View Bells Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5JT
Received 22 Apr 202515 Fourth Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8RQ
Received 22 Apr 202523 Sporhams Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5TT
Received 23 Apr 202516 Beverley Rise Billericay Essex CM11 2HU
Received 23 Apr 202541 Fairview Road Basildon Essex SS14 1PW
Received 23 Apr 202516 Windmill Heights Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9QY
Received 23 Apr 2025Land East Of The Firs Osborne Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex
Received 23 Apr 2025Land Junction With Old Nevendon Road Wickford Essex
Received 24 Apr 2025Land South Of Nevendon Road Nevendon Road Wickford Essex
Received 24 Apr 2025Development Site At Festival Leisure Park Festival Way Basildon Essex
Received 24 Apr 2025Development Site At Festival Leisure Park Festival Way Basildon Essex
Received 24 Apr 202533 Lilford Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BS
Received 25 Apr 2025168 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8EH
Received 25 Apr 2025Argento Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex
Received 25 Apr 20253 Montague Way Billericay Essex CM12 0UB
Received 25 Apr 202538 Ian Road Billericay Essex CM12 0JZ
Received 25 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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