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.
6,514 approved · 1,318 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 High Street Wickford Essex SS12 9AH
Received 13 Jun 202516 Hengist Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7EL
Received 13 Jun 202511 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0AD
Received 16 Jun 2025Thornfield Sugden Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JB
Received 16 Jun 2025Thornfield Sugden Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JB
Received 16 Jun 202518 Fanton Chase Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8QX
Received 16 Jun 2025Hennings Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 16 Jun 2025Hennings Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 16 Jun 20252 Mill Cottage Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9QH
Received 16 Jun 20252 Mill Cottage Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9QH
Received 16 Jun 20251 Crawford Close Billericay Essex CM12 0PX
Received 16 Jun 20255 Puckleside Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5XD
Received 17 Jun 2025197 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BZ
Received 17 Jun 2025197 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BZ
Received 17 Jun 202531 Battleswick Basildon Essex SS14 3LA
Received 13 Jun 202513 Ravensdale Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5HS
Received 17 Jun 20259 Curlew Crescent Basildon Essex SS16 5HR
Received 17 Jun 20256 Brandon Close Billericay Essex CM12 0YY
Received 18 Jun 2025Bury Farm Bury Farm Lane Billericay Essex
Received 16 Jun 2025Land At Church Street Billericay Essex
Received 18 Jun 202513 Swallow Road Wickford Essex SS11 7LG
Received 18 Jun 20251 The Willows Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2ES
Received 18 Jun 2025Unit 3 And 4 Wetgate Park Fodderwick Basildon Essex
Received 18 Jun 2025Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 19 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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