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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.
6,699 approved · 1,361 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Town Square Basildon Essex SS14 1DZ
Received 27 Mar 202634 Quilters Straight Basildon Essex SS14 2SH
Received 27 Mar 2026Land At Nevendon Road Wickford Essex
Received 27 Mar 2026Land West Barleylands Road Billericay Essex
Received 27 Mar 2026Land North Of Southlands Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex
Received 27 Mar 2026Land To The North Of 6 Bakers Farm Close Shotgate Wickford Essex
Received 27 Mar 2026Bromfords School Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LZ
Received 27 Mar 2026Bromfords School Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LZ
Received 27 Mar 20268 Jacqueline Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0PL
Received 27 Mar 2026Pets At Home Unit 1 Old Market Retail Park High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3BY
Received 28 Mar 2026Pets At Home Unit 1 Old Market Retail Park High Road Pitsea Essex SS13 3BY
Received 28 Mar 202658 Prince Edward Road Billericay Essex CM11 2HB
Received 28 Mar 2026350 Great Gregorie Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5QX
Received 29 Mar 20263 Tunstall Close Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2NZ
Received 29 Mar 202659 Mount Road Wickford Essex SS11 8HJ
Received 30 Mar 2026Bromfords School Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LZ
Received 30 Mar 2026Land At Lower Dunton Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 30 Mar 2026Land West Of Burstead Grange Billericay Essex
Received 30 Mar 202648 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UG
Received 30 Mar 2026Wakeling Financial Advisors Church House 46 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BS
Received 30 Mar 202635 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BG
Received 30 Mar 2026Wickford Vehicle Services Limited Front 69 - 71 Runwell Road Wickford Essex SS11 7HL
Received 31 Mar 202669 Runwell Road Wickford Essex SS11 7HL
Received 31 Mar 2026Broomhills Farm Rectory Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TR
Received 31 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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