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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.
6,552 approved · 1,326 refused · 212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Handleys Court Handleys Chase Noak Bridge Basildon Essex
Received 28 Aug 20256 Bridgecote Lane Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4BW
Received 28 Aug 2025Land South Of 70 Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 28 Aug 2025The Lees Upper Avenue Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LR
Received 29 Aug 2025Tredray Manor Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YP
Received 29 Aug 2025Sleepy Willows Laindon Common Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TL
Received 29 Aug 2025Roseleigh Green Lane Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TT
Received 29 Aug 2025Land Adjoining 249 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 29 Aug 20254 Lavender Way Wickford Essex SS12 0BG
Received 29 Aug 2025Land At Ramsden View Road Wickford Essex
Received 30 Aug 2025Oakmead Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 30 Aug 202539 Station Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DR
Received 30 Aug 20251 Bulphan Close Wickford Essex SS12 9HS
Received 30 Aug 202527 Longfield Road Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PU
Received 31 Aug 202525 Plumleys Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1NQ
Received 1 Sept 2025The Firs Oak Avenue Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2YD
Received 1 Sept 20254 Molyneux Court Radford Way Billericay Essex CM12 0BT
Received 1 Sept 202538 First Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9PT
Received 1 Sept 2025Sunset Strip Cornwall Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LA
Received 1 Sept 2025Land To The South Of The A132 Nevendon Road Wickford Essex
Received 2 Sept 202510 Hunts Mead Billericay Essex CM12 9JA
Received 2 Sept 202514 - 18 Grange Road Billericay Essex CM11 2RE
Received 2 Sept 20259 Harvey Road Burnts Mills Industrial Estate Basildon Essex SS13 1QJ
Received 2 Sept 20253 Fletchers Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5TU
Received 2 Sept 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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