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.
6,650 approved · 1,355 refused · 217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Boscombe Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 18 Feb 202695 Crouch Street Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4AU
Received 18 Feb 202660 Montague Street Basildon Essex SS14 3JG
Received 19 Feb 20263 - 31 Runwell Road Wickford Essex
Received 19 Feb 2026Land Adjacent 146 Highcliffe Drive Wickford Essex
Received 19 Feb 2026216 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UX
Received 17 Feb 2026Verse Market Road Wickford Essex SS12 0FL
Received 19 Feb 2026Carvers Farm Dunton Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TY
Received 20 Feb 2026Ramsden Park Farm Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1NR
Received 20 Feb 202629A Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0AR
Received 20 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To Polka Dot Farm Day Nursery Tye Common Road Billericay Essex
Received 20 Feb 202637 Brookside Billericay Essex CM11 1DT
Received 20 Feb 2026Land West Of The Chalet Nether Mayne Basildon Essex
Received 20 Feb 202617 Tanfield Drive Billericay Essex CM12 9EB
Received 22 Feb 2026Land Opposite Ellesmere Christchurch Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 22 Feb 202626 Feering Road Billericay Essex CM11 2DR
Received 22 Feb 20261A Howard Crescent Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 22 Feb 202635 Helpeston Basildon Essex SS14 1NR
Received 22 Feb 202693 Gordon Road Basildon Essex SS14 1PL
Received 22 Feb 202624 Brightside Billericay Essex CM12 0LJ
Received 24 Feb 202670 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TS
Received 22 Feb 2026Dunton Lodge Church Road Dunton Basildon Essex CM13 3SS
Received 23 Feb 20261 The Glade Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5JE
Received 23 Feb 2026Bromfords School Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LZ
Received 23 Feb 2026Records 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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