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.
6,512 approved · 1,315 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Great Broomfields Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9EP
Received 5 Jun 2025Meadow Sweet Oak Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YE
Received 5 Jun 2025Elmbank Dunton Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TY
Received 6 Jun 2025Land East Of Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 6 Jun 202511 Saling Green Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4AS
Received 6 Jun 2025297 Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 0ER
Received 6 Jun 20258 Chaucer Walk Wickford Essex SS12 9DZ
Received 7 Jun 202554 Beauchamps Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8NL
Received 7 Jun 2025Tremlett Villa London Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2DB
Received 8 Jun 202549 Victoria Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DL
Received 9 Jun 2025Land Opposite The Hatherely Whitmore Way Basildon Essex
Received 9 Jun 2025Bus Shelter Fronting Matching Green Doctor's Surgery Whitmore Way Basildon Essex SS14 3JT
Received 9 Jun 2025Bus Shelter At The Jolly Friar Public House Whitmore Way Basildon Essex SS14 3JT
Received 9 Jun 2025Cooanda Burnt Mills Road Pitsea Essex SS13 1DY
Received 10 Jun 2025139 Nevendon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0NL
Received 10 Jun 2025Ely House Churchill Avenue Basildon Essex SS14 2BQ
Received 30 May 2025St Anne Line Catholic Infant School Wickhay Basildon Essex SS15 5AF
Received 11 Jun 202555 Braeburn Way Basildon Essex SS14 3TU
Received 11 Jun 202517 Rosebay Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0SY
Received 11 Jun 2025St Marys Church Hall High Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6HY
Received 11 Jun 202554 Longmead Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1HG
Received 11 Jun 202514 West Park Drive Billericay Essex CM12 9EH
Received 12 Jun 2025Verse Market Road Wickford Essex SS12 0FL
Received 13 Jun 2025Riverside House Lower Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8BB
Received 13 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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