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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.
6,839 approved · 1,395 refused · 226 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2019 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
87 Elder Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0LR
Received 26 Sept 2026128 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9DF
Received 28 Sept 202637 Tye Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9NR
Received 28 Sept 202666 Long Riding Basildon Essex SS14 1QY
Received 28 Sept 202628 Leasway Wickford Essex SS12 0HF
Received 29 Sept 2026Crystal Broomhills Chase Billericay Essex CM12 9TG
Received 29 Sept 2026Rosina Break Egg Hill Billericay Essex CM11 1EU
Received 29 Sept 20261 Runwell Road Wickford Essex SS11 7BZ
Received 29 Sept 2026Poundland 49 High Street Wickford Essex SS12 9AE
Received 29 Sept 2026Poundland 49 High Street Wickford Essex SS12 9AE
Received 29 Sept 20262 Elgar Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 5QT
Received 29 Sept 2026Meadway Farm Rectory Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TR
Received 29 Sept 2026The Barn Ramsden Park Farm Ramsden Park Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1NR
Received 30 Sept 202642 Mount Road Wickford Essex SS11 8HL
Received 30 Sept 202612 Deirdre Close Wickford Essex SS12 0AZ
Received 1 Oct 2026Korda Kazoku House Honywood Road Basildon Essex SS14 3DS
Received 1 Oct 2026288 Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0RB
Received 1 Oct 2026Mopsies Park East New Cricket Pavilion Timberlog Close Basildon Essex SS14 1PF
Received 1 Oct 202626 Glenside Billericay Essex CM11 2LY
Received 2 Oct 202612 Great Saling Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8XH
Received 2 Oct 2026Unit 8 The Gloucesters Crompton Close Basildon Essex SS14 3AY
Received 2 Oct 2026Harland House High Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6NE
Received 2 Oct 2026Harland House High Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6NE
Received 2 Oct 2026Pipps Hill Farm Pipps Hill Road North Billericay Essex CM11 2UJ
Received 3 Oct 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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