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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6,552 approved · 1,326 refused · 212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lemon Steel Services Russell Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 8BH
Received 2 Sept 20256 Woolshots Road Wickford Essex SS12 0LB
Received 2 Sept 2025114 Kennel Lane Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2ST
Received 2 Sept 2025Denby Lodge Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YR
Received 2 Sept 202531 Goodmayes Walk Wickford Essex SS12 9BL
Received 3 Sept 2025Oak Hill Farm Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UA
Received 3 Sept 202563 Carlyle Gardens Wickford Essex SS12 9LJ
Received 4 Sept 202563 Carlyle Gardens Wickford Essex SS12 9LJ
Received 4 Sept 20252 Walton Court Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5RE
Received 4 Sept 202543 Bedford Road Laindon Essex SS15 6PG
Received 4 Sept 2025139 Coppice Lane Basildon Essex SS15 4JS
Received 4 Sept 2025Vintage Inx Limited 1 Honywood Road Basildon Essex SS14 3DS
Received 4 Sept 202552 Hunts Mead Billericay Essex CM12 9JA
Received 4 Sept 2025Car Park And Plaza Festival Leisure Park Festival Way Basildon Essex
Received 4 Sept 2025Rosetta Parkstone Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JE
Received 4 Sept 2025Hereford Farm Lower Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 5 Sept 2025Land South Of Woolshots Farm London Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2UZ
Received 5 Sept 2025Westley Hall Homestead Drive Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5PE
Received 5 Sept 20259 St James Mews Billericay Essex CM12 9DH
Received 5 Sept 2025Land To The South Of London Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex
Received 5 Sept 2025Urban Storage Units Toys R Us Building Southernhay Basildon Essex SS14 1AZ
Received 6 Sept 2025Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 6 Sept 202535 The Oaks Billericay Essex CM11 2RP
Received 6 Sept 202511 Riverside Walk Wickford Essex SS12 0DU
Received 7 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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