Basildon planning news
Basildon planning news, newest first: applications, appeals and committee decisions, each story linked back to the council file.
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Great Burstead 1,300 Homes: Redrow Asks Council for EIA Scope
Redrow has asked Basildon Council what its environmental study must cover for up to 1,300 homes south of Great Burstead. The council must reply by 11 November.
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Local Plan
Basildon Local Plan Withdrawal Vote Set for 26 October
Councillors vote on 26 October on withdrawing Basildon's Local Plan. Cabinet has backed a legal challenge to the 31 December deadline and set aside £500,000 for appeals.
Planning
Billericay 175 Homes: Councillors Vote Against Approval
Councillors voted down 175 homes off Tye Common Road, Billericay, against officer advice. It returns to committee; 95 Ramsden Bellhouse homes also opposed.
Planning
Basildon Planning: 16 Homes Proposed Around Ramsden Crays
Seven homes off Corner Road and nine at Pipps Hill Farm lead 30 new Basildon applications. Plus a Laindon drive-through refit and a Wickford showroom demolition.
Planning
Billericay 175 Homes: Officers Said Yes, Committee Said No
Officers backed 175 Green Belt homes off Tye Common Road, Billericay; on 7 October councillors voted against. What all six schemes proposed and what was decided.
Planning
Basildon Planning Applications: 8 Homes at Bowers Gifford
27 applications validated in Basildon borough this week: eight homes at Bowers Gifford, a change to the Billericay 130-homes deal and a listed hall's roof.
Local Plan
Basildon Local Plan: Have Your Say by Tuesday Midnight
The Reg 19 consultation on 27,918 homes closes 11.59pm on Tuesday 22 September. Ministers ordered it, and it is the last chance before examination.
Planning
Basildon 24-Hour Gym Plan for Festival Leisure Park
Anytime Fitness Basildon is coming to Festival Leisure Park: signs approved 12 Oct, 24-hour use due a decision by 23 Oct. Comments close Sat 17 Oct.
Planning
Billericay 910 Homes: Appeal Lodged Over Council Delay
Up to 910 Green Belt homes at Foots Farm have gone to appeal, 177 days after the deadline to decide them passed. One of 502 neighbours commented.
Basildon
Former M&S Basildon: food hall and padel plan pulled
Basildon Council applied to turn the empty former M&S into a food hall, maker studios and padel courts, then withdrew it on 6 July. Nobody had objected.
Planning
Billericay 250 Homes: Comments Close 13 September
Revised plans for 250 homes on Green Belt land west of Laindon Road would drop shared ownership. Comments close 13 September, and no resident has written in.
Planning
Billericay 130 homes: half affordable, comments to 25 Aug
Half the 130 homes planned off London Road would be affordable: 28 affordable rent, 25 shared ownership, 6 social rent, 6 First Homes. Comments close 25 Aug.
Planning
Laindon children's home asks to take children as young as 9
Aden Homes wants the minimum age at its two-child home in Kathleen Ferrier Crescent cut from 13 to 9. Ofsted registered it on 24 July; comments close 6 September.
Planning
Facemed applies to turn two Crays Hill homes into offices
FACE Invest Ltd wants The Firs and Willowmead on Oak Avenue as offices and staff space for the clinic, partly retrospective. Decision due by 5 October.