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.
6,516 approved · 1,319 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 19 Jun 2025Lympstone Burnt Mills Road Pitsea Essex
Received 19 Jun 2025Ramsden Lodge Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RT
Received 19 Jun 2025Land Adjacent 146 Highcliffe Drive Wickford Essex
Received 19 Jun 2025179 Long Riding Basildon Essex SS14 1QT
Received 19 Jun 202519 Warwick Place Basildon Essex SS16 6DU
Received 19 Jun 2025The Ford Northlands Approach Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LL
Received 19 Jun 2025St Meachard Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LT
Received 20 Jun 2025Adjacent To Pantile Farm House Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex
Received 20 Jun 202510 Buckerills Pitsea Essex SS13 3EP
Received 20 Jun 20251 Halstead Close Wickford Essex SS12 9RR
Received 21 Jun 202519 The Warren Billericay Essex CM12 0LW
Received 21 Jun 202545 East Walk Basildon Essex SS14 1HA
Received 23 Jun 2025Acer House Tye Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9ND
Received 24 Jun 202512 High Road North Laindon Essex SS15 4DP
Received 24 Jun 202526 Waldegrave Basildon Essex SS16 5EE
Received 24 Jun 2025Riverside House Lower Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8BB
Received 24 Jun 2025Cullinaw Orchard Avenue Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1PH
Received 24 Jun 202536 Kings Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4AB
Received 24 Jun 2025Merrylands Primary School Cumberland Drive Laindon Essex SS15 6QS
Received 19 Jun 2025Land At Town Square Basildon Essex
Received 24 Jun 2025Land South Side Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 24 Jun 2025Field View Boscombe Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 25 Jun 202527 Chestnut Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9JG
Received 25 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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