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.
6,786 approved · 1,377 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
Xchanging House Endeavour Drive Basildon Essex SS14 3WF
Received 29 Jul 202637 Hillary Mount Billericay Essex CM12 9JU
Received 29 Jul 2026Xchanging House Endeavour Drive Basildon Essex SS14 3WF
Received 29 Jul 2026Xchanging House Endeavour Drive Basildon Essex SS14 3WF
Received 29 Jul 2026Land To The West Of Noak Hill Road Laindon Basildon Essex
Received 30 Jul 202635 Toucan Way Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5ER
Received 30 Jul 2026Superdrug 86 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BT
Received 30 Jul 202629 Romney Road Billericay Essex CM12 9NE
Received 31 Jul 2026Three. 100 Town Square Basildon Essex SS14 1BX
Received 31 Jul 20262 Westbourne Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0UU
Received 31 Jul 2026Superdrug 86 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BT
Received 31 Jul 202641 Chantry Way Billericay Essex CM11 2AP
Received 1 Aug 202654 Mistley Path Basildon Essex SS16 4AN
Received 1 Aug 202639 Redwood Drive Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4AF
Received 3 Aug 202687 Elder Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LR
Received 3 Aug 202620 Pankhurst Drive Basildon Essex SS14 3TZ
Received 3 Aug 202681 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0RN
Received 4 Aug 2026Beitna Branksome Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JD
Received 4 Aug 202623 Chesterford Gardens Basildon Essex SS14 3PS
Received 5 Aug 2026Cumberland Brook Drive Fobbing Essex SS17 9HH
Received 5 Aug 2026Unit 4 Westgate Park Fodderwick Basildon Essex
Received 5 Aug 2026Avondale Brackendale Billericay Essex CM11 1EX
Received 6 Aug 202610 The Knoll Billericay Essex CM12 0NT
Received 6 Aug 202620 Lisa Close Billericay Essex CM12 0QT
Received 6 Aug 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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