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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.
6,537 approved · 1,322 refused · 212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beitna Branksome Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JD
Received 5 Aug 2025109 Marlborough Way Billericay Essex CM12 0YJ
Received 6 Aug 2025Land Lying South Of Oak Road Billericay Essex
Received 6 Aug 202532 Gate Lodge Way Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4AR
Received 6 Aug 2025Land Lying South Of Oak Road Billericay Essex
Received 6 Aug 202520 Bartlow End Pitsea Essex SS13 1PQ
Received 6 Aug 2025Butterflies Branksome Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JD
Received 6 Aug 2025Pitsea Leisure Centre Maydells Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 7 Aug 2025The Firs Oak Avenue Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2YD
Received 7 Aug 202530 Outwood Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2NB
Received 7 Aug 202551 Reeds Way Wickford Essex SS12 0EA
Received 7 Aug 2025The Laurels Ramsden View Road Wickford Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Land North Of 36 Boscombe Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Land West Of Laindon Road Billericay Essex
Received 7 Aug 202514 Linnets Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5ES
Received 7 Aug 2025Magic Mushroom Barleylands Farm Barleylands Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UD
Received 7 Aug 202527 Mount View Billericay Essex CM11 1HB
Received 7 Aug 20253 Holbrook Close Billericay Essex CM11 2NG
Received 7 Aug 202519 Froden Brook Billericay Essex CM11 2TW
Received 7 Aug 2025Kingsmans Farm Tye Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9PZ
Received 8 Aug 2025Kingsmans Farm Tye Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9PZ
Received 8 Aug 20253 Castledon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0EF
Received 8 Aug 202544 Takely Ride Basildon Essex SS16 5BD
Received 8 Aug 2025Nursery At Little Burstead Farm Shop Tye Common Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9SB
Received 9 Aug 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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