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.
6,769 approved · 1,373 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sunbury High Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6HQ
Received 7 Jul 2026309 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2NA
Received 8 Jul 2026355 Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 4HA
Received 8 Jul 20263 Pamplins Basildon Essex SS15 5BW
Received 8 Jul 202658 Kenton Way Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6RY
Received 8 Jul 202633 Runwell Road Wickford Essex SS11 7HG
Received 8 Jul 2026143 Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QX
Received 8 Jul 202612 Menzies Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6SX
Received 8 Jul 202626 Third Avenue Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8RF
Received 9 Jul 2026Lilac Cottage Dry Street Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5ND
Received 9 Jul 2026Key Cottage Oak Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YQ
Received 9 Jul 2026173 Timberlog Lane Basildon Essex SS14 1PJ
Received 9 Jul 2026Land South Of Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 9 Jul 202628 Hillhouse Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0BA
Received 9 Jul 20262 Shrewsbury Close Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6UB
Received 10 Jul 2026Foxboro Lodge Southway Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LZ
Received 11 Jul 2026Plot B -25 Thames View Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 11 Jul 2026Land Adjacent To Notre Chateau Winton Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 13 Jul 20269 Ladygate Centre High Street Wickford Essex SS12 9AJ
Received 13 Jul 2026Dunton Grange Lower Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex CM13 3SN
Received 13 Jul 2026168 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8EH
Received 14 Jul 2026Southlands Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XA
Received 14 Jul 2026Ramsden Waters Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RR
Received 14 Jul 2026Land Rear Of Holly Lodge Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex
Received 14 Jul 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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