New housing in Basildon Borough Council
We read Basildon Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 21,047 of its planning applications going back to 2010, and 211 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 23% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 23% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 21,047
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 177 | 92 | 17 |
| 2025 | 178 | 119 | 31 |
| 2024 | 123 | 68 | 40 |
| 2023 | 138 | 77 | 50 |
| 2022 | 125 | 61 | 51 |
| 2021 | 136 | 65 | 61 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,800 | Land At North Benfleet Hall North Benfleet Hall Road North Benfleet Essex SS12 9JR EIA Scoping Opinion Request for a residential led mixed use development within the Site. The Proposed Development will comprise up to 1,800 residential dwellings, a Local Centre comprising a foodstore, pub, community… 24/01473/SCOPE | Awaiting decision | 19 Dec 2024 |
| 1,300 | Land South Of Great Burstead Southend Road Billericay Essex EIA Scoping Opinion Request for a residential-led development delivering up to 1,300 homes with associated access and supporting infrastructure. 26/01154/SCOPE | Decided | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 1,100 | Land North And South Of Dunton Road Laindon Essex Outline planning application for: up to 1,100 residential dwellings (Class C2 and C3), business, retail, leisure and sports uses (Class E); primary school (Class F1); community uses (Class F2); hot food takeaway (Sui… 26/00296/OUT | Decided | 26 Mar 2026 |
| 910 | Land At Foots Farm Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex Outline Planning Application (with all matters reserved except for points of access) for the residential led development, delivering up to 910 homes, along with a range of compatible supporting non-residential uses (Use… 25/01466/OUT | Awaiting decision | 5 Nov 2025 |
| 850 | Land West Of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Homestead Road Bowers Gifford Essex 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… 25/01432/OUT | Approved | 27 Oct 2025 |
| 800 | Land North Of London Road Pitsea Essex EIA Screening Opinion - Outline planning application for a phased residential-led, masterplan scale development to provide up to 800 dwellings (Use Class C3) and approximately up to 1,900m2 (Gross Internal Area (GIA))… 26/01019/SCOPE | Awaiting decision | 18 Sept 2036 |
| 400 | Land To The South Of Wash Road Wash Road Laindon Essex Hybrid planning application for up to 400 residential dwellings comprising detailed planning permission for Phase 1 for the erection of 65 residential dwellings (Class C3), including associated landscaping, amenity and… 23/01551/OUT | Approved | 21 Dec 2023 |
| 380 | Land North Of Nevendon Road Basildon Essex EIA Screening Opinion - Proposal for up to 380 residential dwellings, including the potential provision of a healthcare facility, provision of new surface water drainage basins, vehicular and pedestrian access… 26/00982/SCREEN | Decided | 3 Sept 2026 |
| 375 | Land West Of Mandeville Way Laindon Basildon Essex Outline Planning Application (all matters reserved except for means of vehicular access into the site from Mandeville Way and Lower Dunton Road) for residential development of up to 375 dwellings (Use Class C3) and an… 25/00541/OUT | Decided | 30 Apr 2025 |
| 310 | Land At Greens Farm Lane Billericay Essex Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for access, for the construction of up to 310 residential dwellings within two separate parcels of land - Northern Parcel - up to 255 dwellings including… 25/00464/OUT | Awaiting decision | 3 Apr 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Basildon Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.