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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.
6,584 approved · 1,335 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ramsden Park Farm Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1NR
Received 24 Oct 2025Land North Of Cornwall Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 24 Oct 2025Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 27 Oct 202532 Tattenham Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6EJ
Received 25 Oct 202514 Stockwell Close Billericay Essex CM11 2QA
Received 24 Oct 20251 Horseshoe Close Billericay Essex CM12 0YA
Received 27 Oct 2025Kismarja Windsor Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LH
Received 27 Oct 202520 Robin Close Billericay Essex CM12 0SJ
Received 27 Oct 2025Basildon Golf Club Clay Hill Lane Basildon Essex SS16 5JP
Received 28 Oct 2025Billericay Delivery Office 136 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AA
Received 28 Oct 202539 Crest Avenue Pitsea Essex SS13 2EF
Received 28 Oct 2025Long Cottage Homestead Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RP
Received 28 Oct 202519 Carson Road Billericay Essex CM11 1SA
Received 28 Oct 202514 Smythe Close Billericay Essex CM11 1SF
Received 29 Oct 2025Belmont Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9TG
Received 29 Oct 2025Haywoods Hovefields Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 9JA
Received 29 Oct 2025Poppy Cottage 4 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 2AA
Received 29 Oct 2025Land At Pipps Hill Road North Billericay Essex
Received 29 Oct 2025147 Long Riding Basildon Essex SS14 1QT
Received 29 Oct 2025Unit 44 Yardley Business Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3GN
Received 29 Oct 2025Land West Of Laindon Road Billericay Essex
Received 29 Oct 202550 Brooklands Park Basildon Essex SS15 6BE
Received 29 Oct 202550 Russell Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6AS
Received 30 Oct 2025Paddock B Newlands Road Wickford Essex
Received 30 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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