North Benfleet Lodge Pound Lane North Benfleet Basildon Essex SS12 9JS Data via plota.co.uk

26/00583/FULL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Demolish existing 1no. residential dwelling and construction of 1no. self-build replacement dwelling with private parking and amenity Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

22 May 2026

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Validated

26 May 2026

✓

Consultation

27 Jul 2026

✓

Approved

2 Oct 2026

Approved on 2 Oct 2026 · Members' List · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 12

Site constraints 4

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Not affected

No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Building

Floor area99 m² (1,066 sq ft)

Energy ratingE (50 out of 100), could reach C

PropertyDetached house, 6 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Basildon
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: SS12 9JS
Received: 22 May 2026
Validated: 26 May 2026
Ward: Pitsea South East
Parish: Bowers Gifford/Nth Ben Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Jul 2026
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 2 Oct 2026
Decision level: Members' List
Applicant: Show
Agent: Refine and Resolve Architects Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 129 days from validation, 72 days slower than Basildon's median of 57 for demolitions. Approved, as 91% of demolitions here are.

This one129d

Council57d

UK56d

50%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

100%go to committee

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Basildon in the last twelve months, from validation. Basildon decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

24 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14931942
Planning Portal ref: PP-14931942
Neighbours: 4 Jun 2026
Consultation: 27 Jul 2026
Comments by: 20 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 21 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Basildon

Planning Authority Score

4.8/10

Below average

#156 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Basildon ranks #145 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Basildon is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 84% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Basildon decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

87%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #165 of 296

84%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #253 of 296

65%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #145 of 296

32%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #63 of 296

80%

Minor dwellings approved

132 decided (1-9 homes)

82%

Major dwellings approved

11 decided (10+ homes)

85%

Change of use approved

53 decided

806

Total decisions

108 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.