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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.
6,577 approved · 1,335 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Great Gregorie Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5QE
Received 14 Oct 2025Thornfield Sugden Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JB
Received 14 Oct 2025Janton House Clifton Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LF
Received 14 Oct 2025Oakwold Cornwall Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2JZ
Received 15 Oct 2025Land North Of Thames View Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 15 Oct 20252 Byrd Court Laindon Essex SS15 5QP
Received 15 Oct 2025Beony Osborne Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LG
Received 15 Oct 20255 Clickett Side Basildon Essex SS14 1NE
Received 15 Oct 2025Land On The South Side Of Terminus Drive Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 15 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To War Memorial Clock House Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 15 Oct 202555 New Waverley Road Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4BJ
Received 15 Oct 2025Ramsden Bellhouse Baptist Church Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1PJ
Received 15 Oct 202512 Graham Close Billericay Essex CM12 0QW
Received 15 Oct 20253 - 31 Runwell Road Wickford Essex
Received 15 Oct 2025Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH
Received 23 Sept 2025Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex
Received 23 Sept 2025Wendys Unit 21 Festival Leisure Park Festival Way Basildon Essex SS14 3WB
Received 16 Oct 2025Wendys Unit 21 Festival Leisure Park Festival Way Basildon Essex
Received 16 Oct 202577 Upland Road Billericay Essex CM12 0LD
Received 16 Oct 202540 Burns Avenue Pitsea Essex SS13 3AG
Received 16 Oct 2025Lemon Steel Services Russell Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 8BH
Received 16 Oct 2025Barn Hall Station Road Wickford Essex SS11 7NE
Received 16 Oct 202512 Fairview Billericay Essex CM12 9QF
Received 16 Oct 2025172 Great Berry Lane Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6BS
Received 16 Oct 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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