Land South Of Great Burstead Southend Road Billericay Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/01154/SCOPE - EIA - Scoping request Awaiting decision
New homes

Proposal

EIA Scoping Opinion Request for a residential-led development delivering up to 1,300 homes with associated access and supporting infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Oct 2026
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Consultation
23 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 2 Jan 2027 and 29 Jan 2027, from Basildon's recent new homes.

Comments are open until 16 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 9

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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Billericay Town Centre conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Local nature reserve 15 m away: Mill Meadow
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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. A site survey can differ.
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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 395 m away: Mill Meadows, Billericay SSSI; National infrastructure project 1897 m away: Norwich to Tilbury; 1 listed building within 150 m; Priority habitat 14 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

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Important details

Council
Basildon
Application type
EIA - Scoping request
Received
21 Oct 2026
Validated
21 Oct 2026
Ward
Burstead
Parish
Great Burstead And South Green Parish
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lisa Hall

Decision outlook

Day 7 of the 56-day target. Basildon usually decides new homes by day 89.

Day 782 days to the predicted decision (day 89)
27%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
100%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 26 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
23 Oct 2026
Comments by
16 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Basildon
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#156 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings