Planning application
Land At North Benfleet Hall North Benfleet Hall Road North Benfleet Essex SS12 9JR
Works: Demolition
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Proposal
Outline planning application (with all matters reserved, other than access) for the demolition of existing structures and mixed-use development to provide up to 950 residential dwellings, including specialist housing (use C2/C3/Sui Generis); flexible commercial and community floorspace (use classes E/F2/Sui Generis); Education uses (use classes E and F1); plus associated open space, landscaping, suitable alternative natural greenspaces (SANG), drainage, construction of internal road/cycleways/footpaths, road improvements and other associated ancillary works and infrastructure.
As published by the council, reference 26/00530/OUT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00530/OUT
- Category
- Outline
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Validated
- 5 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Pitsea South East
- Parish
- Bowers Gifford/Nth Ben Parish Council
- Postcode
- SS12 9JR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 May 2026
Received by Basildon
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5 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 31 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Basildon took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Lichfields Agent, registered in Newbury
Active · incorporated 2006 · Newbury
1,653 applications on PlanIndex · across 160 councils · 93% granted
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See their track recordCroudace Homes Limited Applicant, a developer registered in Surrey
Active · incorporated 1964 · Surrey
22 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils · 77% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
177 documents on file for this application
- APPENDIX E1
- APPENDIX E2
- APPENDIX E3
- APPENDIX E4
- APPENDIX E5
- APPENDIX E6
- APPENDIX E7
- APPENDIX E8
- APPENDIX E9
- APPENDIX E10
- APPENDIX E11
- APPENDIX E12
- APPENDIX E13
- APPENDIX E14
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAELOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAELOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT PART 2
- ARCHAELOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT PART 3
- ARCHAELOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT PART 4
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY PART 1
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY PART 2
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY PART 3
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY PART 4
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY PART 5
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY PART 6
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 1
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 2 POUND LANE SITE ACCESS GHOST ISLAND RIGHT TURN JUNCT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 3
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 4
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 5
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 6
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 7
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 8
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 9
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 10
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 11
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 12
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 13
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 14
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 15
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 16
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 2
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 3
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 4
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 5
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 6
- DESIGN CODE PART 1
- DESIGN CODE PART 2
- DESIGN CODE PART 3
- LOCATION PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN
- LAND USE PARAMETER PLAN
- GREEN INFRASTRUCUTRE PLAN
- BUILDING HEIGHT PARAMETER PLAN
- ACCESS PARAMETER PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE STREET SCENE
- ILLUSTRATIVE STREET SCENE 2
- INDICATIVE DEMOLITION PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE LAYOUT PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE PHASING PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE SITE SECTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE LANDSCAPE SECTIONS (SHEET 1)
- ILLUSTRATIVE LANDSCAPE SECTIONS (SHEET 2)
- HABITAT CONDITION ASSESSMENT
- BNG METRIC DEVELOPMENT AREA
- BNG METRIC SANG AREA
- BIODIVERSITY CHECKLIST
- APPENDIX F1 ENVIRONMENTAL
- APPENDIX G1 HERITAGE STATEMENT
- APPENDIX H AIR QUALIT Y APPENDICES AND FIGURES
- APPENDIX I ACOUSTICS GLOSSARY
- APPENDIX I2 ACOUSTICS LEGISLATION, POLICY AND GUIDANCE
- APPENDIX I3 BASELINE CONDITIONS
- APPENDIX I4 CONSTRUCTION NOISE AND VIBRATION ASSESSMENTS
- APPENDIX I5 OPERATIONAL NOISE ASSESSMENTS
- APPENDIX I6 SITE SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX J PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL REPORT
- APPENDIX J.2 BREEDING BIRD SURVEY REPORT
- APPENDIX J.3 GREAT CRESTED NEWT HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX & EDNA SURVEY REPORT
- APPENDIX J.4 UPDATED PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL REPORT
- APPENDIX J.5 RIVER CONDITION ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL NOTE
- APPENDIX J.6 BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN TECHNICAL NOTE
- APPENDIX J.8 PRELIMIINARY BAT ROOST ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX J.9 BAT EMERGENCE SURVEY REPORT
- APPENDIX J.10 BAT GROUND LEVEL TREE ASSESMENT SURVEY REPORT
- APPENDIX J.11 BAT ACTIVITY SURVEY REPORT
- APPENDIX J.12 BREEDING BIRD SURVYEY REPORT
- APPENDIX J.13 WINTERING BIRD SURVEY REPORT
- APPENDIX J.14 ADDITIONAL BIRD SURVEY
- APPENDIX J.15 GREAT CRESTED NEWT SURVEY REPORT
- APPENDIX J.16 OTTER AND WATER VOLE SURVEY REPORT
- APPENDIX J.17 REPTILE SURVEY REPORT
- APPENDIX J.18 SHADOW HABITATS REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX J.19 OUTLINE BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN
- APPENDIX K1 AND K2 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- APPENDIX K3 - ENVIRONMENT AGENCY CORRESPONDENCE
- APPENDIX L1 TRAFFIC DATA
- APPENDIX M1 CUMULATIVE SCHNES
- ES VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT CONTENTS
- ES VOLUME 2 TECHNICAL APPENDICES AND FIGURES CONTENTS
- FIGURE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNATIONS
- FIGURE E2 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER AREAS
- FIGURE E3 TOPOGRAPHY
- FIGURE E4 VIEWPOINT LOCATION PLAN
- FIGURE E5 ZONE OF THEORETICAL VISIBILITY (ZTV)
- FIGURE E6 ZONE OF THEORETICAL VISIBILITY (ZTV) BARE EARTH
- FIGURE 1 TECHNICAL APPENDICES AND FIGURES
- FIGURE F2 TECHNICAL APPENDICES AND FIGURES
- FIGURE F3 TECHNICAL APPENDICES AND FIGURES
- FIGURE G1 TECHNICAL APPENDICES AND FIGURES
- FIGURE E7.1 - E7.38 TECHNICAL APPENDICES AND FIGURES
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER B SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL ASSES
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER C SITE AND SCHEME DESCRIPTION VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER D SOCIO-ECONOMICS VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER E LANDSCAPE AND VISUALS VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL ASSES
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER F ARCHAELOLOGY FINAL VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL ASSESSME
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER G BUILT HERITAGE FINAL VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL ASSESS
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER H AIR QUALITY FINAL VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL ASSESSMEN
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER I NOISE FINAL VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER J ECOLOGY AND NATURE CONSERVATION FINAL VOLUME 1
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER K WATER RESOURCES AND FLOOD RISK FINAL VOLUME 1
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER L CLIMATE CHANGE FINAL VOLUME 1 TECHNICAL ASSESS
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER M CUMULATIVE IMPACT ASSESSMENT FINAL VOLUME 1 TE
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CHAPTER NMITIGATION AND MONITIORING FINAL VOLUME 1 TECHN
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 3 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY
- SUDS WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY ? LLFA TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT PROFORMA
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT APPENDICES H-N
- PRELIMINARY UTILITIES APPRAISAL REPORT
- APPENDIX 4 - CADENT GAS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-2
- APPENDIX 3: ANGLIAN WATER ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE
- APPENDIX 1: PRELIMINARY LOADING SCHEDULE AND MASTERPLAN
- NATIONAL GRID OVERHEAD LINE PROFILES
- PILOT CABLES AND HIGH VOLTAGE CABLES
- APPENDIX 5: UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-6
- OPENREACH INFORMATION
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-8
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-2
- NATIONAL GRID OVERHEAD LINE PROFILES
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-4
- APPENDIX 6 - NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPOND
- APPENDIX 6 - NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPOND
- APPENDIX 4 - CADENT GAS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-1
- APPENDIX 2 - ESSEX & SUFFOLK WATER ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-12
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-10
- APPENDIX 4 - CADENT GAS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-3
- APPENDIX 7 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-3
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-5
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-7
- APPENDIX 6 - NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPOND
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-13
- APPENDIX 7 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-1
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-3
- APPENDIX 5 - UK POWER NETWORKS ASSET RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE REV4PART-9
- COVERING LETTER
- EDUCATION SITE SUITABILITY CHECKLIST
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- GREEN BELT ASSESSMENT
- SANG MANAGEMENT PLAN
- ECONOMIC BENEFITS STATEMENT
- DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICATION
- EQUALITIES IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT
- AGRICULTURAL LAND CLASSIFICATION
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- PHASE 1 DESK STUDY REPORT
- ENERGY STATEMENT
- SUSTAINABLITY STATEMENT
- APPLICATION FORM - REDACTED
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
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