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.
6,534 approved · 1,322 refused · 212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Pines London Road Billericay Essex CM12 9HJ
Received 24 Jul 2025Land At Readers Yard And The Willows Off Fobbing High Road And Moores Avenue Fobbing Essex
Received 24 Jul 2025Riverside House Lower Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8BB
Received 24 Jul 2025Fairview Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex
Received 24 Jul 2025Easifloor Ltd Cranes Close Basildon Essex SS14 3JB
Received 24 Jul 2025Bus Shelter Outside The White Swan 25010062 The Broadway Wickford Essex
Received 24 Jul 202514 Collingwood Road Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4DP
Received 25 Jul 2025Brambletye Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9EP
Received 25 Jul 202517 West Ridge Billericay Essex CM12 9NN
Received 25 Jul 202534 Furrowfelde Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5EY
Received 25 Jul 20256 Bridge Road Wickford Essex SS11 8PE
Received 25 Jul 2025One Stop Community Stores Ltd 93 - 95 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AS
Received 25 Jul 2025One Stop Community Stores Ltd 93 - 95 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AS
Received 25 Jul 202595 Littlebury Green Basildon Essex SS13 1RF
Received 25 Jul 2025Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 25 Jul 2025Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 25 Jul 202515 Chittock Gate Basildon Essex SS14 1RL
Received 26 Jul 202579 Bebington Drive Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5JZ
Received 26 Jul 2025355 Outwood Common Road Billericay Essex CM11 2LZ
Received 26 Jul 2025Land Adjoining 249 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 28 Jul 202523 Gainsborough Close Billericay Essex CM11 2DB
Received 28 Jul 202517 Sinclair Walk Wickford Essex SS12 9HF
Received 28 Jul 2025Hennings Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 28 Jul 2025Land Rear Of Kenwood Newlands Road Wickford Essex
Received 29 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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