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.
6,530 approved · 1,321 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
3 Noak Hill Close Billericay Essex CM12 9UZ
Received 12 Jul 202531 Summerdale Billericay Essex CM12 9EL
Received 12 Jul 20258 Edgecotts Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5SN
Received 14 Jul 202589 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2HN
Received 14 Jul 20257 Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9QU
Received 14 Jul 2025Land North Of Bowers Close London Road Pitsea Essex
Received 14 Jul 2025KFC High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3BY
Received 14 Jul 202523 Carlyle Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0UL
Received 14 Jul 2025Bell View Bells Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 5JT
Received 15 Jul 2025Home Place Carlton Road Basildon Essex SS13 2LT
Received 15 Jul 2025Laindon Shopping Centre Laindon Centre Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5TH
Received 15 Jul 202513 The Meads Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4TU
Received 15 Jul 20251 Kenilworth Place Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4DG
Received 15 Jul 2025Basildon Rugby Football Club Gardiners Close Basildon Essex SS14 3AW
Received 15 Jul 2025Land South Of Twinstead Wickford Essex
Received 15 Jul 2025Land South Side Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 16 Jul 202591 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AS
Received 16 Jul 202591 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AS
Received 16 Jul 2025138 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9DF
Received 16 Jul 2025Five Oaks Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 16 Jul 20257 Rubicon Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8LL
Received 9 Jul 2025Costcutter 132 Rectory Road Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2AJ
Received 16 Jul 202542 Robinia Close Laindon Essex SS15 4HD
Received 17 Jul 202588A Roberts Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6AX
Received 17 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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