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.
6,795 approved · 1,377 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
113 Kathleen Ferrier Crescent Laindon Essex SS15 5QW
Received 20 Aug 202625 Waverley Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4HU
Received 20 Aug 202617 Roberts Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6AY
Received 20 Aug 2026Faraday House 20 Meade Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DE
Received 20 Aug 2026Sonesta Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1PJ
Received 20 Aug 20263 Devereux Way Billericay Essex CM12 0YS
Received 20 Aug 202657 Gun Hill Place Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5UY
Received 20 Aug 202621 Outwood Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2NA
Received 21 Aug 202621 Outwood Farm Road Billericay Essex CM11 2NA
Received 21 Aug 2026Billericay Cricket Club Blunts Wall Road Billericay Essex CM12 9SA
Received 22 Aug 2026Land West Of Laindon Road Billericay Essex
Received 24 Aug 2026Land South Of Clissold Lower Avenue Bowers Gifford Essex
Received 24 Aug 2026Land South Of Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex
Received 24 Aug 20263 Coppice Lane Basildon Essex SS15 4JS
Received 24 Aug 2026Land North Of A127 And East Of Nevendon Road Wickford Essex
Received 24 Aug 2026The Paddocks Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex
Received 24 Aug 202628 Tyelands Billericay Essex CM12 9PA
Received 24 Aug 2026Pylon Nursery Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 25 Aug 2026The Poppies Sugden Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JB
Received 25 Aug 202619 Lilford Road Billericay Essex CM11 1BS
Received 25 Aug 2026Land West Of Lower Dunton Road Lower Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 25 Aug 20263 Noak Hill Close Billericay Essex CM12 9UZ
Received 25 Aug 2026Wickford Town Sports Ltd Shot Farm Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8RZ
Received 25 Aug 2026Toledo Thomas Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2JY
Received 25 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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