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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.
6,525 approved · 1,321 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 2 Jul 2025Barn At Ramsden Park Farm Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1NR
Received 2 Jul 2025Basildon Rose Gardens Ltd Burnt Mills Road Pitsea Essex SS13 1EA
Received 2 Jul 202564 Elizabeth Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0DS
Received 2 Jul 2025Pylon Nursery Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 2 Jul 2025Pylon Nursery Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 2 Jul 202599 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0RN
Received 2 Jul 202546 Foxhatch Wickford Essex SS12 9RP
Received 2 Jul 202555 Gun Hill Place Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5UY
Received 3 Jul 2025Cooanda Burnt Mills Road Pitsea Essex SS13 1DY
Received 3 Jul 2025Tremlett Villa London Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2DB
Received 3 Jul 2025Rear Of 245 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LB
Received 3 Jul 2025186 Great Gregorie Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5QG
Received 4 Jul 2025Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 4 Jul 2025151 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0RR
Received 4 Jul 2025151 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0RR
Received 4 Jul 2025Land North And South Of Barn Hall Station Road Wickford Essex
Received 4 Jul 2025Bromfords School Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LZ
Received 4 Jul 2025Bromfords School Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LZ
Received 4 Jul 2025Speedy Tool Josselin Road Basildon Essex SS13 1QB
Received 5 Jul 2025Hillview Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9HZ
Received 5 Jul 20254 Victoria Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0DH
Received 5 Jul 2025Barleylands Farm Barleylands Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UD
Received 5 Jul 202539 Broome Road Billericay Essex CM11 1ES
Received 5 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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