Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,563 approved · 1,328 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Hovefields Drive Hovefields Drive Wickford Essex
Received 22 Sept 2025The Ranch Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Received 22 Sept 20257 Hope Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XS
Received 22 Sept 2025Land To The West Of The Hall Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex
Received 23 Sept 2025Land Rear Of Holly Lodge Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex
Received 23 Sept 2025Ramsden Waters Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RR
Received 23 Sept 202589 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AT
Received 23 Sept 2025142 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0RT
Received 24 Sept 2025Walter House Hodgson Way Wickford Essex SS11 8YG
Received 24 Sept 20257 Wiggins Lane Billericay Essex CM12 9PS
Received 24 Sept 202511 Rowans Way Wickford Essex SS11 8JF
Received 24 Sept 20253 Castledon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0EF
Received 25 Sept 2025Land At Readers Yard And The Willows Off Fobbing High Road And Moores Avenue Fobbing Essex
Received 25 Sept 20257 Pear Tree Walk Billericay Essex CM12 0PY
Received 25 Sept 20258 - 14 East Walk Basildon Essex SS14 1HH
Received 25 Sept 202517 Shortlands Ghyllgrove Basildon Essex SS14 2AG
Received 26 Sept 202516 Brookside Billericay Essex CM11 1DS
Received 26 Sept 2025Carpenters Farm Harrow Road North Benfleet Basildon Essex SS12 9JJ
Received 26 Sept 20255 Norfolk Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6QR
Received 26 Sept 202510 Royal Oak Chase Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5SJ
Received 26 Sept 20257 Reeves Close Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6PD
Received 26 Sept 2025Unit 17 Samson House Southend Arterial Road Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6DR
Received 27 Sept 2025The Hollies High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3BL
Received 27 Sept 2025Land North Of Bowers Close London Road Pitsea Essex
Received 29 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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