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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.
6,578 approved · 1,335 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Glebe Road Wickford Essex SS11 8ET
Received 16 Oct 202589 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AT
Received 17 Oct 202589 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AT
Received 17 Oct 2025BARCLAYS 69 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AU
Received 17 Oct 202521 Town Square Basildon Essex SS14 1BA
Received 17 Oct 202528 Somerset Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6PE
Received 17 Oct 2025Land Adjoining Foxboro Lodge Southway Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 17 Oct 202533 Sussex Way Billericay Essex CM12 0FA
Received 17 Oct 2025Land On The South Side Of Windsor Road Windsor Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 18 Oct 202557 Bluebell Wood Billericay Essex CM12 0ES
Received 20 Oct 2025Carnival Close Roundabout Carnival Close Basildon Essex
Received 20 Oct 2025Land North Of A127 And East Of Nevendon Road Wickford Essex
Received 20 Oct 202543 Durban Lane Laindon Essex SS15 4JU
Received 20 Oct 202543 Durban Lane Laindon Essex SS15 4JU
Received 20 Oct 202533 Daltons Fen Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1JE
Received 21 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To Sunnydene Studland Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 21 Oct 202522 Prince Edward Road Billericay Essex CM11 2HA
Received 21 Oct 2025Communication Mast Crown Avenue Pitsea Essex
Received 21 Oct 2025Maitland Lodge Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 21 Oct 202553 Braeburn Way Basildon Essex SS14 3TU
Received 21 Oct 2025St Arthurs Southbourne Grove Wickford Essex SS12 0JT
Received 22 Oct 2025Land At Pipps Hill Road North Billericay Essex
Received 23 Oct 202529 Deirdre Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0AX
Received 23 Oct 202518 Bearsted Drive Basildon Essex SS13 2NJ
Received 23 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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