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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.
6,819 approved · 1,382 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent 146 Highcliffe Drive Wickford Essex
Received 10 Sept 202697A Norsey View Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0QU
Received 11 Sept 2026Briar Bank Dunton Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TZ
Received 13 Sept 202648 Bell Hill Close Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9QJ
Received 14 Sept 2026Pitsea Leisure Centre Maydells Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU
Received 15 Sept 2026Basildon University Hospital Nether Mayne Basildon Essex SS16 5NL
Received 15 Sept 2026Land To The East Of Ballards Walk Basildon Essex
Received 15 Sept 2026Warren House Potash Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HH
Received 16 Sept 2026Five Oaks Gardiners Lane North Billericay Essex CM11 2XE
Received 16 Sept 202642 Mount Road Wickford Essex SS11 8HL
Received 16 Sept 2026Ryjo Thames View Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LN
Received 17 Sept 2026Land At Friern Manor Farm Lower Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 16 Sept 2026Land At Friern Manor Farm Lower Dunton Road Dunton Basildon Essex
Received 17 Sept 2026Northview Stormonts Way Langdon Hills Basildon Essex
Received 18 Sept 2026Rear Of 245 Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LB
Received 18 Sept 2026213 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UN
Received 18 Sept 202695 Swan Lane Wickford Essex SS11 7DE
Received 15 Sept 202627 Tyler Avenue Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5UR
Received 18 Sept 2026203 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0SE
Received 18 Sept 2026Land Adjacent To Sunnyside Brook Drive Fobbing Essex
Received 18 Sept 20268 Shelsley Drive Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6NA
Received 18 Sept 202616 Pankhurst Drive Basildon Essex SS14 3TZ
Received 19 Sept 2026149 Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0NS
Received 19 Sept 202643 Broad Oaks Wickford Essex SS12 9BQ
Received 20 Sept 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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