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25/01431/FULL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of land to Gypsy/Traveller site comprising 5 pitches with the siting of 1 Mobile Home and 1 dayroom per pitch (Part retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 13 Oct 2026, 02:47

Application progress

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Received

24 Oct 2025

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Validated

27 Oct 2025

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Consultation

10 Apr 2026

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Approved

29 May 2026

Approved on 29 May 2026 · Members' List · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Documents 5

Site constraints 5

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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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 4 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Inside the North Benfleet 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 17 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 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.

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Important details

Council: Basildon
Application type: Full Application
Received: 24 Oct 2025
Validated: 27 Oct 2025
Ward: Pitsea South East
Parish: Bowers Gifford/Nth Ben Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 Jun 2026
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 29 May 2026
Decision level: Members' List
Applicant: Show
Agent: WS Planning & Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 214 days from validation, 156 days slower than Basildon's median of 58 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

This one214d

Council58d

UK56d

49%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

100%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

27 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14435226
Planning Portal ref: PP-14435226
Neighbours: 15 May 2026
Consultation: 10 Apr 2026
Comments by: 29 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 Dec 2025
Env. assessment: No

Basildon

Planning Authority Score

4.8/10

Below average

#156 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

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Proposal

Application progress

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 2

Application forms 1

Site constraints 5

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Public comments

Consultation & key dates