25/01466/OUT Southend Road (1,100 houses)
A proposal to build 1,100 houses east of Southend Road, south of Coxes Farm Road stretching to Barleylands Road. The largest Green Belt development for a generation!
Link to planning application
planning.basildon.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=T56Y0TCQI0S00&activeTab=summary
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Deadline for objections
Saturday 10 January 2026 NOW CLOSED
Summary of proposed development
These are some points taken from the planning application.
Please note that this is an outline application so the following is indicative. The final design could change at a later date other than the area of the site and the access point, as those are fixed if outline permission is granted.
1. 1,100 houses
2. 1-to-4-bedroom properties of which 80% are 3 bedrooms or smaller.
3. Building heights up to 3 storeys.
4. 50% affordable housing, mostly for rent or shared ownership.
5. Three access points from Southend Road including a new roundabout.
6. 11 traveller pitches accessed from Coxes Farm Road (council policy is 1 per 100 houses for sites over 400 houses).
7. 17 hectares of public open public space on site of 56.89 hectares in total.
8. Financial contributions towards infrastructure (none provided on site e.g. education & health).
9. New foot and cycle ways.
10. Community hub (3 units total 450 sq.m). No stated use.
11. The Brentwood Roman Catholic Diocese Trust and HR Philpot & Sons are landowners and joint applicants with Obsadian, a promoter.
12. Agricultural land grade 2 (9%) grade 3a (61%). Therefore 70% is ‘best and most versatile’ land.
13. Flood zone 1 (minimum risk).
14. Air source heat pumps (no gas) & solar panels.
15. 8-year build in 4 phases starting 2027.
16. Claiming grey belt and that very special circumstances apply.
17. Minimum 10% BNG will be exceeded by creating habitats on site, including new woodland. Hedges retained.
18. Dormice, bats and red-listed birds have been recorded at the location.
19. Creation of an orchard and allotments.
Please note that this is an outline application so the following is indicative. The final design could change at a later date other than the area of the site and the access point, as those are fixed if outline permission is granted.
1. 1,100 houses
2. 1-to-4-bedroom properties of which 80% are 3 bedrooms or smaller.
3. Building heights up to 3 storeys.
4. 50% affordable housing, mostly for rent or shared ownership.
5. Three access points from Southend Road including a new roundabout.
6. 11 traveller pitches accessed from Coxes Farm Road (council policy is 1 per 100 houses for sites over 400 houses).
7. 17 hectares of public open public space on site of 56.89 hectares in total.
8. Financial contributions towards infrastructure (none provided on site e.g. education & health).
9. New foot and cycle ways.
10. Community hub (3 units total 450 sq.m). No stated use.
11. The Brentwood Roman Catholic Diocese Trust and HR Philpot & Sons are landowners and joint applicants with Obsadian, a promoter.
12. Agricultural land grade 2 (9%) grade 3a (61%). Therefore 70% is ‘best and most versatile’ land.
13. Flood zone 1 (minimum risk).
14. Air source heat pumps (no gas) & solar panels.
15. 8-year build in 4 phases starting 2027.
16. Claiming grey belt and that very special circumstances apply.
17. Minimum 10% BNG will be exceeded by creating habitats on site, including new woodland. Hedges retained.
18. Dormice, bats and red-listed birds have been recorded at the location.
19. Creation of an orchard and allotments.
Points to consider when objecting
1. This is Green Belt. The Basildon council 2025 Green Belt Study shows that all parcels of land making up the development site contribute strongly to Green Belt purpose (a) with two parcels that make up the bulk of the site (OA14 & OA16) also contributing strongly to purpose (b). As such the location should not be considered grey belt.
2. The land has not been previously developed and is active and productive farmland providing g food security as well as local jobs.
3. 70% of the land is agricultural grade 2 and 3b making it ‘best and most versatile’ and should not be considered for development.
4. No new services are being provided on site e.g. doctors and education. Whilst contributions will no doubt be made towards such services there are no details on when much need new schools and health facilities will be provided, if at all.
5. The doctor's surgery in South Green has closed and the nearest in Billericay (Chapel Street) is 2 miles from the centre of the proposed development.
6. The nearest primary schools are oversubscribed (South Green and Sunnymede). The adjacent St. Peter’s Catholic faith school has limited capacity and may not be accessible to all.
7. It is 1.5 – 2 miles to South Green and Sunnymeade primary schools.
8. The distance and hilly geography make walking or cycling to most key services in Billericay (shops, secondary schools, health facilities and the railway station). not viable for most people. Billericay station is over 2.5 miles.
9. This is therefore not a sustainable location being on the extreme outskirts of Billericay. As such it is likely to be a car dependent estate putting more traffic on an important route (Southend Road/A129) into Billericay, and through Noak Bridge to the A127 and Basildon. Southend Road feeds traffic directly to the already over capacity Sun Corner junction at the south end of Billericay High Street.
10. Other than the points of access, no highways improvements or traffic congestion mitigation are being proposed. The focus on sustainable transport options will not adequately mitigate inevitable car use.
11. BNG habitats created on site do not make up for wildlife that will be displaced by the proposed development and the introduction of people and pets into what is currently open countryside will stop them returning. Dormice and red listed birds will be lost from the area.
12. Residents of Noak Bridge should be concerned as this development has the potential to put more pressure on the roads through the area and possibly into the school and doctors' surgery, especially considering the extra 400 houses already approved east of a Noak Bridge with another 300 planned on Wash Road.
2. The land has not been previously developed and is active and productive farmland providing g food security as well as local jobs.
3. 70% of the land is agricultural grade 2 and 3b making it ‘best and most versatile’ and should not be considered for development.
4. No new services are being provided on site e.g. doctors and education. Whilst contributions will no doubt be made towards such services there are no details on when much need new schools and health facilities will be provided, if at all.
5. The doctor's surgery in South Green has closed and the nearest in Billericay (Chapel Street) is 2 miles from the centre of the proposed development.
6. The nearest primary schools are oversubscribed (South Green and Sunnymede). The adjacent St. Peter’s Catholic faith school has limited capacity and may not be accessible to all.
7. It is 1.5 – 2 miles to South Green and Sunnymeade primary schools.
8. The distance and hilly geography make walking or cycling to most key services in Billericay (shops, secondary schools, health facilities and the railway station). not viable for most people. Billericay station is over 2.5 miles.
9. This is therefore not a sustainable location being on the extreme outskirts of Billericay. As such it is likely to be a car dependent estate putting more traffic on an important route (Southend Road/A129) into Billericay, and through Noak Bridge to the A127 and Basildon. Southend Road feeds traffic directly to the already over capacity Sun Corner junction at the south end of Billericay High Street.
10. Other than the points of access, no highways improvements or traffic congestion mitigation are being proposed. The focus on sustainable transport options will not adequately mitigate inevitable car use.
11. BNG habitats created on site do not make up for wildlife that will be displaced by the proposed development and the introduction of people and pets into what is currently open countryside will stop them returning. Dormice and red listed birds will be lost from the area.
12. Residents of Noak Bridge should be concerned as this development has the potential to put more pressure on the roads through the area and possibly into the school and doctors' surgery, especially considering the extra 400 houses already approved east of a Noak Bridge with another 300 planned on Wash Road.
