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.
6,704 approved · 1,364 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Lindisfarne Court Wickford Essex SS12 9LN
Received 8 Apr 20261 Lindisfarne Court Wickford Essex SS12 9LN
Received 8 Apr 2026Majola Clarence Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2JW
Received 8 Apr 2026Rose Cottage Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex CM13 3SH
Received 8 Apr 2026Cash Access UK Limited 89 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AT
Received 8 Apr 202680 Scrub Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9PE
Received 9 Apr 202641 South Ridge Billericay Essex CM11 2ER
Received 15 Mar 2026Unit 38 Yardley Business Park Miles Gray Road Basildon Essex SS14 3GL
Received 10 Apr 2026The Gables Hertford Drive Fobbing Essex SS17 9HL
Received 10 Apr 2026Field View London Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2DA
Received 10 Apr 2026Harrington Lodge Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9TE
Received 10 Apr 2026116 Long Riding Basildon Essex SS14 1QZ
Received 10 Apr 2026116 Long Riding Basildon Essex SS14 1QZ
Received 10 Apr 20265A Somerset Gardens Pitsea Essex SS13 3JJ
Received 11 Apr 2026228 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0JX
Received 11 Apr 20263 Chapel Street Billericay Essex CM12 9LT
Received 11 Apr 20264 Page Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2HP
Received 12 Apr 2026Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 13 Apr 202669 Bridgecote Lane Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4BW
Received 25 Mar 2026St Marys Church Hall High Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6HY
Received 13 Apr 2026Recherche Studland Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JF
Received 13 Apr 202619 The Redinge Billericay Essex CM11 2QH
Received 13 Apr 202620 Park Lodge Queens Park Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0QH
Received 13 Apr 2026Southacre Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XA
Received 9 Apr 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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