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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.
6,621 approved · 1,350 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Langhams Kennel Lane Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9RR
Received 29 Dec 202537 Nevendon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0LN
Received 30 Dec 2025Elm Lodge Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1NR
Received 31 Dec 2025Unit 4 Kierbeck Business Park Wharf Lane Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4SP
Received 1 Jan 2026Unit 4 Kierbeck Business Park Wharf Lane Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4SP
Received 1 Jan 202684 Great Knightleys Basildon Essex SS15 5AP
Received 2 Jan 2026Clarendon High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3BL
Received 2 Jan 202613 Swallow Road Wickford Essex SS11 7LG
Received 4 Jan 2026Rear Of 245 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LB
Received 5 Jan 202668 Knightbridge Walk Billericay Essex CM12 0HL
Received 5 Jan 2026Majola Clarence Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2JW
Received 5 Jan 2026Norsey Wood Information Centre Outwood Common Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HA
Received 5 Jan 2026Land Rear Of 19 Castledon Road Wickford Essex
Received 6 Jan 2026Elizabeth House Basildon Drive Basildon Essex SS15 5QN
Received 6 Jan 202638 Second Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9PP
Received 6 Jan 2026Castledon College Bromfords Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0PW
Received 6 Jan 2026Castledon College Bromfords Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0PW
Received 6 Jan 202638 Second Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9PP
Received 7 Jan 202627 Crays View Billericay Essex CM12 9QX
Received 7 Jan 202653 Bluebell Wood Billericay Essex CM12 0ES
Received 7 Jan 202610 Puckleside Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5XD
Received 8 Jan 2026Land At Nether Mayne Basildon Essex
Received 9 Jan 2026Land At Stevenson Farm Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford Essex
Received 9 Jan 2026First Floor Offices A Crescent Mews 51 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AX
Received 10 Jan 2026Records 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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