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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.
6,791 approved · 1,377 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 High Road North Laindon Essex SS15 4DH
Received 11 Aug 202622 Takely End Basildon Essex SS16 5AZ
Received 14 Aug 2026South Lodge Southlands Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XB
Received 14 Aug 2026Land At Junction Of Hawkesbury Bush Lane And Bells Hill Road Basildon Essex
Received 14 Aug 2026Pump Cottage Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XJ
Received 14 Aug 20269 Toppesfield Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0PB
Received 17 Aug 2026Billericay Lawn Tennis Club Blunts Wall Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SA
Received 17 Aug 202677 Wollaston Way Basildon Essex SS13 1DJ
Received 18 Aug 202677 Wollaston Way Basildon Essex SS13 1DJ
Received 18 Aug 202665 Lucerne Walk Wickford Essex SS11 8PZ
Received 18 Aug 20263 Newlands Road Billericay Essex CM12 0QE
Received 18 Aug 202643 The Grove Billericay Essex CM11 1AU
Received 18 Aug 202651 Runwell Road Wickford Essex SS11 7HL
Received 18 Aug 2026Stead Hall Farm Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TD
Received 18 Aug 20264 The Hoe Billericay Essex CM12 9XB
Received 18 Aug 202611 The Fryth Fryerns Basildon Essex SS14 3PN
Received 19 Aug 202631 Seven Acres Wickford Essex SS11 8HT
Received 19 Aug 2026Craylands Estates And Former Fryerns School Site Craylands Basildon Essex
Received 19 Aug 2026110 High Street Billericay Essex
Received 19 Aug 2026Land At Pipps Hill Road North Billericay Essex
Received 19 Aug 2026Land At Pipps Hill Road North Billericay Essex
Received 19 Aug 20268 Larch Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4DY
Received 19 Aug 2026Land North Of Harold Wood Green Lane Little Burstead Billericay Essex
Received 20 Aug 202623 Kimberley Drive Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4DU
Received 20 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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