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.
6,726 approved · 1,366 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The North Of Terminus Drive Pitsea Basildon Essex
Received 7 May 2026Land On The South Side Of Windsor Road Windsor Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 8 May 202616 Matching Green Basildon Essex SS14 2PB
Received 8 May 2026Hatches Farm Hatches Farm Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9SG
Received 8 May 202634 The Grove Billericay Essex CM11 1AU
Received 10 May 2026263 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LJ
Received 10 May 202628 Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0ND
Received 11 May 2026Land At North Benfleet Hall North Benfleet Hall Road North Benfleet Essex SS12 9JR
Received 11 May 202643 Furrowfelde Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5EY
Received 11 May 2026Land At Market Square Basildon Essex
Received 11 May 2026BARCLAYS Unit 19 Town Square Basildon Essex SS14 1BA
Received 11 May 2026BARCLAYS Unit 19 Town Square Basildon Essex SS14 1BA
Received 11 May 202656 Trinity Road Billericay Essex CM11 2RY
Received 11 May 2026Tredray Manor Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YP
Received 11 May 202696 Highcliffe Close Wickford Essex SS11 8JY
Received 12 May 2026Linderholme Orchard Avenue Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1PH
Received 12 May 202617 Feering Drive Basildon Essex SS14 1TG
Received 12 May 2026Land East Of Hillrise Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex
Received 12 May 202632 Goldhanger Cross Basildon Essex SS14 2RF
Received 12 May 2026Sunset Strip Cornwall Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LA
Received 12 May 2026Westerings Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XP
Received 12 May 202695 Pound Lane Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5SP
Received 12 May 2026White Post Farm Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SY
Received 12 May 2026Trelawne London Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2HE
Received 13 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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