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.
6,569 approved · 1,331 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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 South Of Hovefields Drive Wickford Essex
Received 4 Oct 2025Land South Of Lyn View Hovefields Drive Wickford Essex
Received 4 Oct 202510 Little Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BL
Received 4 Oct 2025Land Adj. Unit 7 Gibcracks Basildon Essex SS14 1PE
Received 5 Oct 20253 - 31 Runwell Road Wickford Essex
Received 6 Oct 2025Land North Of A127 And East Of Nevendon Road Wickford Essex
Received 6 Oct 2025Longridge Victoria Avenue Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5NT
Received 6 Oct 202591 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AS
Received 6 Oct 2025Woodbridge Branksome Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JD
Received 6 Oct 202513 Swallow Road Wickford Essex SS11 7LG
Received 7 Oct 20252 Langside Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6ES
Received 7 Oct 2025181 Forest Glade Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SX
Received 7 Oct 2025Maitland Lodge Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM11 2PT
Received 6 Oct 202568 Kings Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4AQ
Received 8 Oct 2025Pitsea Leisure Centre Maydells Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 8 Oct 20254 Martin Close Billericay Essex CM11 2BZ
Received 8 Oct 202522 Cherry Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0HA
Received 8 Oct 20256 Long Meadow Drive Wickford Essex SS11 8AX
Received 8 Oct 2025Grove Cottage 37 The Grove Billericay Essex CM11 1AU
Received 8 Oct 202521 Lake Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0AJ
Received 8 Oct 2025Land To The Rear Of 41 To 65 Potash Road Billericay Essex
Received 8 Oct 2025Crouch Apartments Pitseaville Grove Basildon Essex SS16 4HW
Received 8 Oct 2025Premier Inn High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HG
Received 8 Oct 202543 Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DX
Received 8 Oct 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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