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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.
6,560 approved · 1,327 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
79 Bruce Grove Wickford Essex SS11 8RR
Received 12 Sept 20251 Norsey Grange Billericay Essex CM11 1BA
Received 12 Sept 20258 Chaucer Walk Wickford Essex SS12 9DZ
Received 12 Sept 202510 Orion Court Cranes Farm Road Basildon Essex SS14 3DB
Received 12 Sept 2025Billericay Library Burghstead Lodge 143 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AB
Received 12 Sept 202539 Tye Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9NR
Received 12 Sept 20255 Highlands Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2HR
Received 12 Sept 2025Land West Of Sunset Strip Cornwall Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 12 Sept 2025Rose Villa Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YR
Received 12 Sept 2025191 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0SD
Received 12 Sept 202556 Scrub Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9PG
Received 13 Sept 20257 Hayling Grove Wickford Essex SS12 9LQ
Received 13 Sept 2025Goldsmiths Deerbank Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BB
Received 13 Sept 202515 Raven Close Billericay Essex CM12 0JE
Received 15 Sept 202530 The Badgers Basildon Essex SS16 6AU
Received 16 Sept 202589 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AT
Received 16 Sept 2025Basildon Garden Centre Nevendon Road Basildon Essex SS13 1BS
Received 16 Sept 2025Land Between Outwood Common Road And Coxes Farm Road Billericay Essex
Received 8 Sept 20259 Saling Green Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4AS
Received 16 Sept 20252 Shakespeare Avenue Billericay Essex CM11 2HJ
Received 16 Sept 2025Endeavour Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1NS
Received 16 Sept 2025151 Church Road Basildon Essex SS14 1NH
Received 16 Sept 2025Stead Hall Farm Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TD
Received 16 Sept 20251 Codenham Straight Basildon Essex SS16 5DQ
Received 16 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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