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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.
6,509 approved · 1,313 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Key Cottage Oak Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YQ
Received 2 Jun 2025Dover Villa Cornwall Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2JZ
Received 2 Jun 202553 Braeburn Way Basildon Essex SS14 3TU
Received 2 Jun 202558 Hunts Mead Billericay Essex CM12 9JA
Received 2 Jun 202521 The Grove Billericay Essex CM11 1AU
Received 3 Jun 202531 Battleswick Basildon Essex SS14 3LA
Received 23 May 2025153 Nevendon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0NL
Received 3 Jun 2025Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH
Received 23 May 2025Oakmead Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 3 Jun 2025Oakmead Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 3 Jun 2025Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex
Received 28 May 2025153 Nevendon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0NL
Received 3 Jun 2025Field View London Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2DA
Received 3 Jun 2025The Willows Primary School Church Road Basildon Essex SS14 2EX
Received 3 Jun 2025147 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UJ
Received 3 Jun 20257 Pear Tree Walk Billericay Essex CM12 0PY
Received 3 Jun 2025Willowdale Centre High Street Wickford Essex SS12 0RA
Received 4 Jun 202572 Fairfield Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9NU
Received 4 Jun 2025Kingsmans Farm Tye Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9PZ
Received 3 Jun 2025Castledon College Bromfords Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0PW
Received 4 Jun 202538 Beaufort Road Billericay Essex CM12 9JL
Received 4 Jun 2025Barleylands Farm Barleylands Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UD
Received 4 Jun 202536 Somerset Gardens Pitsea Essex SS13 3JJ
Received 5 Jun 202579 Greenway Billericay Essex CM11 2JP
Received 5 Jun 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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