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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.
6,722 approved · 1,365 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Great Saling Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8XH
Received 30 Apr 202616 Windmill Heights Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9QY
Received 30 Apr 2026116 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BH
Received 30 Apr 202618 Elham Drive Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2NR
Received 30 Apr 2026Land At Osborne Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 1 May 202691 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0RN
Received 1 May 2026Land At 95 Chapel Street Billericay Essex
Received 1 May 202670 Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5SP
Received 2 May 2026Land At Christchurch Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 2 May 202614 Vaughan Williams Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5RG
Received 3 May 202692 Grange Road Billericay Essex CM11 2RL
Received 4 May 2026Land North Of Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex
Received 4 May 2026186 Great Gregorie Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5QG
Received 5 May 2026Southview Moores Avenue Fobbing Essex SS17 9HQ
Received 5 May 2026Little Bowers Old Church Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2EZ
Received 5 May 2026Cherry Tree Cottage Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5ND
Received 5 May 202642 Long Gages Basildon Essex SS14 2DU
Received 6 May 202615 Menzies Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6SX
Received 6 May 2026Pylon Nursery Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 6 May 2026141 Rantree Fold Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5TR
Received 6 May 20261 Wiscombe Hill Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6LU
Received 6 May 20264 Radwinter Mews Wickford Essex SS12 9FZ
Received 5 May 2026The Villa Glebe Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RL
Received 6 May 2026209 Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 4AB
Received 7 May 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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