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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.
6,507 approved · 1,313 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Greenway Billericay Essex
Received 20 May 20257 Falcon Way Basildon Essex SS16 5JA
Received 20 May 2025Carpenters Farm Harrow Road North Benfleet Basildon Essex SS12 9JJ
Received 20 May 2025Fairview Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex
Received 21 May 2025Brambles Windsor Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LH
Received 21 May 2025Five Acres Farm Hovefields Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9JD
Received 22 May 2025104 Bruce Grove Wickford Essex SS11 8QH
Received 22 May 2025Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH
Received 22 May 2025Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 22 May 202548 Bell Hill Close Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9QJ
Received 23 May 202575 Knightbridge Walk Billericay Essex CM12 0HL
Received 23 May 2025Westerings Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XP
Received 23 May 2025242 Long Riding Basildon Essex SS14 1RS
Received 23 May 2025Tye Croft Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 23 May 20256 Clickett End Basildon Essex SS14 1NG
Received 23 May 20253 - 31 Runwell Road Wickford Essex
Received 23 May 20257 Falcon Way Basildon Essex SS16 5JA
Received 23 May 2025Caravan 1 The Paddocks Grange Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LW
Received 23 May 2025Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 23 May 2025Land Lying North West Of Napier Close And North West Of Fairlop Gardens Napier Close Barstable Basildon Essex
Received 23 May 2025Orchard View Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RJ
Received 24 May 2025Orchard View Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RJ
Received 24 May 202517 Ramsay Drive Basildon Essex SS16 4RR
Received 25 May 20251 Handleys Chase Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4JB
Received 25 May 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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