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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.
6,522 approved · 1,321 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TESCO Mandeville Way Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6TJ
Received 25 Jun 2025Land South Of 70 Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 25 Jun 2025Land Rear Of Sunnyside Lower Avenue Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 26 Jun 2025Land South Of Sunnyside Lower Avenue Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 26 Jun 202515 Elizabeth Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0DW
Received 26 Jun 2025Vange Primary School London Road Vange Essex SS16 4QA
Received 25 Jun 2025Nursery At Lilliput Village Burnt Mills Road Pitsea Essex SS13 1DY
Received 26 Jun 2025Unit 3 And 4 Westgate Park Fodderwick Basildon Essex
Received 26 Jun 202536 Kirby Road Basildon Essex SS14 1RX
Received 26 Jun 2025134 Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 9HA
Received 27 Jun 202546 Hill Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8LT
Received 27 Jun 20254 Howard Chase Basildon Essex
Received 27 Jun 202568 Kings Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4AQ
Received 29 Jun 202533 Durban Lane Laindon Essex SS15 4JU
Received 30 Jun 202553 Deirdre Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0AY
Received 30 Jun 2025Whitmore Park Whitmore Way Basildon Essex SS14 3NT
Received 30 Jun 2025Whitmore Park Whitmore Way Basildon Essex SS14 3NT
Received 30 Jun 2025Land North Of Kennel Lane Great Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 1 Jul 20252 Alexander Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6HD
Received 1 Jul 2025Land South Of Twinstead Wickford Essex
Received 1 Jul 2025Westgate Shopping Park Fodderwick Basildon Essex
Received 1 Jul 2025Land North Of Rayleigh Spur Roundabout A130 Benfleet Wickford Essex
Received 1 Jul 2025The Rest Moores Avenue Fobbing Essex SS17 9HQ
Received 2 Jul 20251 The Paddocks Grange Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LW
Received 2 Jul 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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