Basildon planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Basildon Council, updated daily. Basildon Council received 311 planning applications in the last 90 days, 12 of them major schemes. 88% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 56 days.
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Recent applications in Basildon
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
Premier Inn High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HG
Hotel bedroom expansion via external alterations, Basildon, full application. Reworks a 1,813 sqm restaurant building to add bedrooms and a reconfigured ancillary restaurant at full stage. Cladding, glazing, M&E and fit-out for bedrooms and kitchen are the packages for specialist subcontractors.
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Brightside County Junior And Infant School Brightside Billericay Essex CM12 0LE
Timber treehouse play structure, Brightside school playground, full application. Adds a new free-standing treehouse within the junior and infant school playground in Billericay, at full application stage, on a 2.3 ha site. Groundworks for footings and joinery for timber decking and stairs suit…
GroundworksJoinery
Land South Of Great Burstead Southend Road Billericay Essex
Up to 1,300-home EIA scoping request, Billericay. Seeks the council's opinion on environmental assessment content before a full application for the Great Burstead scheme. Early-stage signal: groundworks, drainage and frame suppliers should register interest with the developer's EIA and design teams…
The Old Workshop Clarence Road Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2JW
Seven-unit light industrial scheme with demolition, Basildon, full application. Replaces existing workshops with seven single-storey units of about 982 sqm at Bowers Gifford, at full stage. Demolition, groundworks, portal frame, cladding and roofing packages open first, with M&E fit-out following.
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6 Thynne Road Billericay Essex CM11 2HH
Two-dwelling infill scheme with garage demolition, Billericay. Demolishes an existing garage and outbuildings to build two new homes with solar panels, access and parking, at full application stage. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and drainage packages lead, with solar installers and landscapers…
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22 Fairfield Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9NP
Two-home semi-detached replacement scheme, Billericay, full application stage. Demolishes a bungalow at Fairfield Rise to build a pair of two-storey semi-detached houses with roof rooms. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and roofing open the job, with drainage and M&E following for the two homes.
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The Gael Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN
Single detached new-build dwelling at full application, Billericay. One new home with access, parking and landscaping on a 0.07 ha plot in Ramsden Crays. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and M&E packages are open to local subcontractors, with ecological enhancement works adding landscaping scope.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
44 Bowlers Croft Basildon Essex SS14 3ED
410 sqm warehouse extension, Basildon, full application stage. Adds new B8 storage floorspace onto an existing unit at Bowlers Croft. Steel frame, roofing and cladding packages, plus groundworks and drainage for the new slab, are open to regional steel and cladding subcontractors.
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Paragon Kent Transport Cranes Farm Road Basildon Essex SS14 3RY
Two-shed industrial storage scheme, Basildon, full application stage. Erects two single-storey covered storage sheds totalling 412 sqm, at full application stage. Groundworks, steel portal frame, cladding, roofing and drainage packages suit local specialist subcontractors.
GroundworksSteelCladding
Little Barn Sudburys Farm Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex
Single bungalow replacing a barn, Billericay, Essex. Full application to demolish a farm barn and erect one replacement dwelling on the site. Demolition, groundworks and brickwork open the job, with drainage and M&E packages for a single home.
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Land At Christchurch Avenue Wickford Essex
Single new dwelling on a Wickford plot, Basildon, at full application stage. One single-storey home on a 0.07ha site, with plot access and services to be formed. Foundations, brickwork, roofing and drainage connections are the packages local builders and merchants can target.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
13 Royston Avenue Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4EW
Bungalow extension, loft conversion and garage replacement, Basildon, full application. Adds a single-storey rear extension, dormer loft rooms and a new porch, and rebuilds the detached garage after demolition. Roofing for the dormers, steel over new openings, brickwork and garage groundworks suit…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
8 Felmores End Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 1PN
Shopfront replacement in Pitsea, Basildon, at full application stage. It replaces the street-facing frontage of an existing ground-floor retail unit, with no new floorspace created. Glazing and timber or aluminium joinery packages suit local glaziers and shopfitters on a job of this size.
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Santander 97 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BD
Shopfront alteration to a high street bank, Billericay, full application. Reworks the ground-floor frontage of an existing commercial unit without changing its floorspace. Glazing, aluminium framing and fascia joinery are the packages a local glazier or shopfront installer can pitch for.
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The Oceans 100 Potash Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HH
Householder extension and garage conversion, Billericay, at full application. Adds a single-storey front extension with oak porch, converts the garage to habitable rooms, and replaces windows, doors and roof. Joinery for the oak porch, glazing and roof repair suit local specialists, with…
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Planning appeals in Basildon Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Basildon Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Basildon Council, raw rate
31%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
27.8%
national rates applied to this caseload
3.2 percentage points above expected. Basildon Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
738 appeals counted, 659 judged either way (204 allowed, 455 dismissed), 79 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 35.1% | 28.8% | 321 | 313 | 110 |
| Enforcement Notice | 22% | 13.5% | 195 | 127 | 28 |
| Householder (HAS) | 34.7% | 35.6% | 178 | 176 | 61 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 6.3% | 36.9% | 16 | 16 | 1 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 9.1% | 33.3% | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 22.2% | 20.6% | 9 | 9 | 2 |
4 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertisement Appeal | Too few judged | 36% | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | Too few judged | 25% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Basildon Council
Basildon Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Basildon Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent87 homes
- Shared ownership46 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Basildon Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder90% (392 decided)
- other97% (106 decided)
- residential87% (83 decided)
- commercial91% (45 decided)
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