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Newspaper House Chester Hall Lane Basildon Essex SS14 3BL

19/01368/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 November 2019

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of 2 outbuildings within the site area, removal of fence along the north elevation, installation of low level bollards to the north, east and part south elevations. Demolition of single storey reception lobby on the east elevation. Infill along the original building line with a glazed aluminium system to form a new modern entrance. Replace cladding panels to both sides of the new entrance.

Received
24 September 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Fryerns
Agent
Cooch and Associates
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Oct
  4. Target22 Nov
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Newspaper House Chester Hall Lane Basildon Essex SS14 3BL. Basildon has handled 2,522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Basildon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Fryerns. We hold 337 applications in total for the SS14 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
SS14 3BL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2019
Consultation expiry
25 October 2019
Consultation start
4 October 2019
Consultation end
25 October 2019
Last date for comments
25 October 2019
Target decision date
22 November 2019
Permission expires
22 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cooch and Associates
Agent address
22 Atlantic Square Station Road Witham CM8 2TL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08168258
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    24 Sep

    Demolition of 2 outbuildings within the site area, removal of fence along the north elevation, installation…

    This applicationApprovedFull19/01368/FULL
  2. 2019
    24 Sep

    Signage above main entrance doors

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside19/01369/ABAS

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