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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.
6,773 approved · 1,373 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
149 Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0NS
Received 14 Jul 202623 Hillhouse Close Billericay Essex CM12 0BB
Received 14 Jul 2026Land Adjoining Foxboro Lodge Southway Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 15 Jul 20265 Washington Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6JW
Received 15 Jul 202631 Southwark Path Fryerns Basildon Essex SS14 3QN
Received 30 Jun 2026Veolia Environmental Services Archers Fields Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1QP
Received 26 Jun 202659 Laindon Road Billericay Essex CM12 9LG
Received 15 Jul 202689 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AT
Received 16 Jul 202616 Matching Green Basildon Essex SS14 2PB
Received 16 Jul 2026Land East Of Shrubs Studland Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 17 Jul 2026Land At Canford Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 17 Jul 2026Laindon Community Centre Aston Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6NX
Received 17 Jul 2026Bromfords School Grange Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LZ
Received 18 Jul 202686 Gaynesford Lee Chapel South Basildon Essex SS16 5SG
Received 18 Jul 2026Westley Hall Homestead Drive Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5PE
Received 18 Jul 2026Pitsea Leisure Centre Maydells Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 20 Jul 202611 The Tithe Wickford Essex SS12 0HN
Received 21 Jul 2026Redlands Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XA
Received 21 Jul 2026St Margarets Farm Botney Hill Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SJ
Received 21 Jul 202630 Grey Lady Place Billericay Essex CM11 1LU
Received 21 Jul 202630 Grey Lady Place Billericay Essex CM11 1LU
Received 21 Jul 2026Land At Corner Of Moores Avenue And Brook Drive Fobbing Essex
Received 22 Jul 202651 High Street Wickford Essex SS12 9AQ
Received 22 Jul 2026Telephone Exchange Chapel Street Billericay Essex CM12 9LS
Received 22 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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