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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.
6,692 approved · 1,359 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Wolfe Drive Basildon Essex SS14 3TY
Received 16 Mar 2026Basildon University Hospital Nether Mayne Basildon Essex SS16 5NL
Received 16 Mar 2026Land To The Rear Of Tye View Lower Park Road Wickford Essex
Received 16 Mar 2026Cromwell Manor Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH
Received 17 Mar 2026Pitsea Leisure Centre Maydells Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 17 Mar 202614 - 18 Grange Road Billericay Essex CM11 2RE
Received 17 Mar 2026Land North And South Of Dunton Road Laindon Essex
Received 17 Mar 202645 Bush Hall Road Billericay Essex CM12 0PU
Received 18 Mar 20266 Gordons Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3DZ
Received 18 Mar 20268 The Knoll Billericay Essex CM12 0NT
Received 18 Mar 202671 South Ridge Billericay Essex CM11 2ER
Received 18 Mar 2026Stead Hall Farm Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TD
Received 18 Mar 202689 Scrub Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9PE
Received 18 Mar 2026Meadow Cottage Nevendon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0QB
Received 19 Mar 20261 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BE
Received 19 Mar 2026Rosetta Parkstone Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JE
Received 19 Mar 202620 Ford Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6JZ
Received 19 Mar 202653 Collingwood Road Vange Basildon Essex SS16 4BL
Received 20 Mar 2026Scaffolding Yard Stella Place Luckyn Lane Basildon Essex SS14 3AX
Received 20 Mar 20265 Forest Glade Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SG
Received 20 Mar 2026249 Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 0EL
Received 20 Mar 2026Green Acres Farm Castledon Road Wickford Essex
Received 20 Mar 2026Many Berries New Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TS
Received 20 Mar 2026Many Berries New Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TS
Received 20 Mar 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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