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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.
6,555 approved · 1,326 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land East Of Ilfracombe Avenue Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 8 Sept 2025The Tudor House Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RJ
Received 8 Sept 202535 Chantry Way Billericay Essex CM11 2AP
Received 9 Sept 202510 Waverley Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4HU
Received 9 Sept 2025126 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BH
Received 9 Sept 2025Plot To The West Of Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex
Received 9 Sept 20257 Elverston Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5TY
Received 9 Sept 202591 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AS
Received 9 Sept 2025Argento Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex
Received 10 Sept 2025Land Rear Of Holly Lodge Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex
Received 10 Sept 202516 Bebington Link Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LE
Received 10 Sept 2025Oakwood Green Lane Little Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 10 Sept 20255 Sparrows Herne Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5JH
Received 10 Sept 20255 Sparrows Herne Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5JH
Received 10 Sept 202529 Deirdre Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0AX
Received 10 Sept 20256 Cedar House 5 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0AD
Received 10 Sept 2025Land West Of Tye Common Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 10 Sept 2025205 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UL
Received 10 Sept 202518 Byrd Court Laindon Essex SS15 5QP
Received 11 Sept 2025Basildon Sporting Village Cranes Farm Road Basildon Essex SS14 3GR
Received 11 Sept 2025The Willows Moores Avenue Fobbing Essex SS17 9HQ
Received 11 Sept 202532 Gordons Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3DZ
Received 11 Sept 2025Land South Of Tyefields Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 11 Sept 202511 Fern Close Billericay Essex CM12 0QF
Received 11 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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