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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.
6,532 approved · 1,322 refused · 212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
David Lloyd Leisure Festival Way Basildon Essex SS14 3WB
Received 17 Jul 2025Cardinal Maritime Limited Suite 2 Ground Floor Phoenix House Christopher Martin Road Basildon Essex SS14 3EZ
Received 17 Jul 202545 Fauners Basildon Essex SS16 5AP
Received 17 Jul 2025Land To The North Of 6 Bakers Farm Close Shotgate Wickford Essex
Received 18 Jul 202510 Woodlands Road Wickford Essex SS12 0AL
Received 18 Jul 202514 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QR
Received 18 Jul 2025107 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AJ
Received 18 Jul 2025Basildon University Hospital Nether Mayne Basildon Essex SS16 5NL
Received 18 Jul 2025Bradley Court Roberts Road Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 18 Jul 2025Linderholme Orchard Avenue Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1PH
Received 19 Jul 2025127 Great Berry Lane Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6BY
Received 19 Jul 20258 Ford Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6JZ
Received 21 Jul 2025Montclaire Burnt Mills Road North Benfleet Basildon Essex SS12 9JX
Received 21 Jul 2025Poundland 49 High Street Wickford Essex SS12 9AE
Received 21 Jul 20253 Monmouth Mews Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6TP
Received 21 Jul 2025Red Brick Cottage Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TD
Received 21 Jul 2025Pipps Hill Farm Pipps Hill Road North Billericay Essex CM11 2UJ
Received 22 Jul 202532 Gordons Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3DZ
Received 22 Jul 2025Unit 17 Willowdale Centre High Street Wickford Essex SS12 0RA
Received 22 Jul 2025Unit 17 Willowdale Centre High Street Wickford Essex SS12 0RA
Received 22 Jul 2025Pump House 132 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TR
Received 23 Jul 202591 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AS
Received 21 Jul 202538 Kelly Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2HL
Received 23 Jul 2025Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 24 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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