Sleepy Willows Laindon Common Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9TL Data via plota.co.uk

26/00079/FULL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed replacement entrance gates and front boundary fence realignment. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Jan 2026
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Validated
5 Feb 2026
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Consultation
20 Apr 2026
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Approved
22 May 2026

Approved on 22 May 2026 · Members' List · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 8

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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Little Burstead 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.
Public footpath about 12 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1164 m away: Norwich to Tilbury; 2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Little Burstead built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £845,000 in June 2017. Detached house, freehold.

9 June 2017£845,000
10 January 2003£498,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Basildon
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
CM12 9TL
Received
26 Jan 2026
Validated
5 Feb 2026
Ward
Burstead
Parish
Little Burstead Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Apr 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
22 May 2026
Decision level
Members' List
Applicant
Show
Agent
Nigel Cooper

How this decision compares

Decided in 106 days from validation, 53 days slower than Basildon's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
100%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14643161
Planning Portal ref
PP-14643161
Neighbours
12 Feb 2026
Consultation
20 Apr 2026
Comments by
4 May 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Basildon
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#156 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.