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Smilers Farm Pound Lane North Benfleet Basildon Essex SS12 9JS

26/00075/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 August 2026

Council decision: Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Part retrospective planning permission for the retention of two buildings, and the use of the two buildings and the associated site area for dog hydrotherapy and puppy training and the provision of a secure paddock for puppy training, dog agility, canicross training and dog exercise.

Received
26 January 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Pitsea South East
Agent
Mark Jackson Planning
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.1 Mar
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 198 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Smilers Farm Pound Lane North Benfleet Basildon Essex SS12 9JS. Basildon has handled 2,522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 200 days, 21 weeks longer than Basildon's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Pitsea South East. We hold 162 applications in total for the SS12 postcode area.

86% of full applications at Basildon Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SS12 9JS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bowers Gifford/Nth Ben Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
1 March 2026
Consultation start
5 February 2026
Consultation end
1 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 March 2026
Last date for comments
1 March 2026
Target decision date
25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mark Jackson Planning
Agent address
Gateway House 19 Great Notley Avenue Great Notley Garden Village Braintree Essex CM777UW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Ellie Hendry
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14306680
Documents
9
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: Basildon

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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  1. 2026
    16 Oct

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Hard and Soft Landscaping Scheme and Planting…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01108/COND
  2. 2026
    26 Jan

    Part retrospective planning permission for the retention of two buildings, and the use of the two buildings…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00075/FULL

Source: Basildon

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