Planning application
Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Outline planning permission for up to 850 residential homes (Use Class C3) with associated landscaping, community and commercial floorspace (Use Classes E / F.2), public open space, parking, drainage, utilities, and infrastructure works. All matters reserved except for details of access from Pound Lane.
As published by the council, reference 25/01432/OUT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01432/OUT
- Category
- Outline
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 27 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 27 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 9 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Pitsea South East
- Parish
- Bowers Gifford/Nth Ben Parish Council
Site history
Applications at this address on the Basildon register
This site has had 5 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01172/COND Awaiting decision
Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Approval of details reserved by Condition 9 (Construction Environmental Management Plan for Biodiversity), Condition 13 (Badger Mitigation Strategy), Condition 14 (Reptile Mitigation Strategy) Phases 1 and 2 of approved planning consent 25/01432/OUT.
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26/01171/COND Awaiting decision
Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Approval of details reserved by Planning Condition 9 (Construction Environmental Management Plan for Biodiversity), Condition 13 (Badger Mitigation Strategy), Condition 14 (Reptile Mitigation Strategy), Condition 22 (Demolition and Construction Method Statement, and Condition 30 (Construction Management Plan) Phase 0 of approved planning consent 25/01432/OUT.
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26/01140/REM Awaiting decision
Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Reserved Matters application pursuant to outline planning permission 25/01432/OUT seeking approval of appearance, layout, landscaping and scale for Phases 1 and 2 comprising 368 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), community/commercial floorspace (Use Classes E/F.2), public open space, landscaping, drainage infrastructure, parking and associated works.
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26/01126/REM Awaiting decision
Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Reserved Matters application pursuant to outline planning permission 25/01432/OUT for Phase 0 Infrastructure Delivery, including spine road, drainage infrastructure, flood attenuation works, landscaping and associated infrastructure.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Oct 2025
Received by Basildon
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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9 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Oct 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
4 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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26/01172/COND Awaiting decision
Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Approval of details reserved by Condition 9 (Construction Environmental Management Plan for Biodiversity), Condition 13 (Badger Mitigation Strategy), Condition 14 (Reptile Mitigation Strategy) Phases 1 and 2 of approved planning consent 25/01432/OUT.
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26/01171/COND Awaiting decision
Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Approval of details reserved by Planning Condition 9 (Construction Environmental Management Plan for Biodiversity), Condition 13 (Badger Mitigation Strategy), Condition 14 (Reptile Mitigation Strategy), Condition 22 (Demolition and Construction Method Statement, and Condition 30 (Construction Management Plan) Phase 0 of approved planning consent 25/01432/OUT.
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26/01140/REM Awaiting decision
Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Reserved Matters application pursuant to outline planning permission 25/01432/OUT seeking approval of appearance, layout, landscaping and scale for Phases 1 and 2 comprising 368 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), community/commercial floorspace (Use Classes E/F.2), public open space, landscaping, drainage infrastructure, parking and associated works.
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26/01126/REM Awaiting decision
Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex
Reserved Matters application pursuant to outline planning permission 25/01432/OUT for Phase 0 Infrastructure Delivery, including spine road, drainage infrastructure, flood attenuation works, landscaping and associated infrastructure.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
134 documents on file for this application
- DRAFT S106
- PARAMETER PLAN - PEDESTRIAN & CYCLE ROUTES
- PARAMETER PLAN - LAND USE
- REVISED DESIGN CODE
- PARAMETER PLAN
- PARAMETER PLAN
- PARAMETER PLAN
- REVISED HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- UPDATED - ES - VOL 1 - CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
- UPDATED - ES - CHAPTER 2 - SITE DESCRIPTION
- UPDATED - ES VOL I CHAPTER 3 DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMEN
- UPDATED - ES VOL I CHAPTER 4 SOCIO-ECONOMICS
- UPDATED - ES VOL I CHAPTER 5 ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE
- UPDATED - ES VOL I CHAPTER 6 TRANSPORT AND ACCESS
- UPDATED - ES VOL I CHAPTER 7 AIR QUALITY
- UPDATED - ES VOL I CHAPTER 8 NOISE
- UPDATED - ES VOL I CHAPTER 9 ECOLOGY
- UPDATED - ES VOL I CHAPTER 10
- UPDATED - GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- UPDATED - ES VOL II LVIA
- UPDATED - ES VOL II LVIA APPENDIX 1 OF 2
- UPDATED - ES VOL II LVIA APPENDIX 2 OF 2.
- UPDATED - ES VOL IV NTS
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 1.1 SITE LOCATION PLAN.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 1.3 EIA SCOPING REPORT
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 1.4 EIA SCOPING OPINION
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 1.5 - POST SCOPE CLARIFICATIONS
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 1.6 COMPETENCY STATEMENT
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 3.1 DETAILED ACCESS DRAWINGS
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 3.2 PARAMETER PLANS
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 3.3 ILLUSTRATIVE LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 3.4 DEMOLITION PLAN
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 3.5 DESIGN CODES_PART1
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 3.5 DESIGN CODES_PART2.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 3.5 DESIGN CODES_PART3.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 3.5 DESIGN CODES_PART4.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 3.5 DESIGN CODES_PART5
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 3.5 DESIGN CODES_PART6.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 4.1 POLICY REVIEW
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 4.2 HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 5.1 RELEVANT PLANNING LEGISLATION, POLICY, AND GUI
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 5.2 HEDBA
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 5.3 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY REPORT_PART1
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 5.3 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY REPORT_PART2
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.1 AUDIT ROUTE PHOTOS.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.1 ECC COLLISION DATA
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.2 ATC SITE 1.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.2 ATC SITE 2.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.2 ATC SITE 3.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.2 TA MATRICES
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.2 TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.3 WALKING & CYCLING AUDIT.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.3 WALKING AND CYCLING AUDIT.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.4 TA ADDENDUM
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.4 TA ADDENDUM APPENDIX A-B
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.4 TA ADDENDUM APPENDIX C-PART-1
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 6.4 TA ADDENDUM APPENDIX C-PART-2
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 7.1-7.3
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 8.1 GLOSSARY OF ACOUSTIC TERMINOLOGY
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 8.2 SITE PLAN SHOWING NOISE MONITORING LOCATIONS.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 8.3 BASELINE NOISE SURVEY TIME HISTORIES.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 8.4 SITE PLAN SHOWING SENSITIVE RECEPTOR LOCATIONS
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 9.1 UK HABITAT CLASSIFICATION SURVEY
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 9.2 PROTECTED SPECIES SURVEY METHODOLOGIES.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 9.3 DESK STUDY RESULTS.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 10.1 SCHEDULE OF MITIGATION MEASURES
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 9.4 ESSEX RECORDERS PARTNERSHIP DATASEARCH REPORT.
- UPDATED - ES VOL III APPENDIX 1.2 SPECIFIED INFORMATION
- UPDATED - AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- TRANSPORT ADDENDUM
- TRANSPORT ADDENDUM - APPENDIX A & B
- TRANSPORT ADDENDUM - APPENDIX C
- TRANSPORT ADDENDUM - APPENDIX C PART 2
- UPDATED - ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN
- UPDATED - ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN - ROOF PLAN
- UPDATED - DESIGN CODE
- UPDATED - INDICATIVE INDICATIVE ACCOMMODATION SCHEDULE
- TREE CONSTRAINTS PLAN
- UTILITIES REPORT
- WALKING AND CYCLING AUDIT TRANSPORT NOTE
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT APPENDIX 1 - OPEN SPACES.
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT APPENDIX 2 - OPEN SPACES
- OUTLINE CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS PLAN
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- SHADOW HABITAT REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - OPEN SPACES
- FLOOD RISK ASSESMENT
- FRAMEWORK TRAVEL PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY REPORT
- DRAWING LIST
- ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- AGRICULTURAL LAND QUALITY CONSIDERATIONS
- ARBORICULTURAL REPORT AND AIA
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN REPORT
- CAR PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN
- CIRCULAR ECONOMY STATEMENT
- COVERING LETTER
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- THE LOCATION PLAN
- ARBORICULTURAL REPORT AND URAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- BNG MATRIX
- LAND CONTAMINATION - DESK STUDY
- EXISTING BUILDINGS STRUCTURAL SURVEY REPORT
- EXTERNAL BUILDING FABRIC REPORT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS
- TREE CONSTRAINTS PLAN
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- PARAMETER PLAN - DEVELOPMENT PARCELS
- SUPERSEDED - ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN - ROOF PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE PHASING PLAN
- PARAMETER PLAN - HEIGHTS
- DEMOLITION PLAN
- PARAMETER PLAN - VEHICLE ROUTES
- PARAMETER PLAN - PEDESTRIAN & CYCLE ROUTES
- PARAMETER PLAN - LANDSCAPE & PLAY
- SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS RIGID BUS
- VISIBILITY SPLAY AND DIMENSIONS
- SUPERSEDED - ES - VOLUME I: MAIN REPORT
- SUPERSEDED -ES - CHAPTER 2
- SUPERSEDED - ES - CHAPTER 3
- SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS & VISUAL SPLAYS
- PARAMETER PLANS
- LANDSCAPE PLAN
- HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT
- GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY REPORT
- MAGNETOMETER SURVEYS
- WALKING AND CYCLING AUDIT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Basildon granted permission on 9 October 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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