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23 Gainsborough Close Billericay Essex CM11 2DB

20/00532/TPOBASWorks To TreesApproved

Approved on 17 May 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1, T2 & T3 (3 no. Hornbeams) of TPO/03/01 - 2m crown reduction and crown thin by 30%

Received
17 May 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Billericay East
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated21 May
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target16 Jul
  5. Decided17 May

Decided in 361 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 Gainsborough Close Billericay Essex CM11 2DB. Basildon has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 365 days, 44 weeks longer than Basildon's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Billericay East. We hold 1,740 applications in total for the CM11 postcode area.

100% of trees 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
CM11 2DB
Application type
Works To Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billericay Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 May 2020
Consultation expiry
22 June 2020
Consultation start
1 June 2020
Consultation end
22 June 2020
Last date for comments
22 June 2020
Target decision date
16 July 2020
Decision issued
18 May 2021
Permission expires
18 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08721093
Documents
3
Constraints
1

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    11 Aug

    TPO/03/01: (Hornbeams) 2m crown reduction and crown thin by 30%.

    ApprovedWorks To Trees25/01072/TPOBAS
  2. 2025
    28 Jul

    TPO/03/01: (Hornbeams) 2m crown reduction and crown thin by 30%.

    WithdrawnWorks To Trees25/01017/TPOBAS
  3. 2017
    3 Aug

    Demolish existing garage and erect part two and single storey side and rear extension

    ApprovedFull Application17/01099/FULL
  4. 2015
    5 Aug

    Crown thinning by 20% and crown reduction of 1.8 metres to 2 Hornbeam trees in front of 23 Gainsborough Close…

    ApprovedWorks To Trees15/01026/TPOBAS
  5. 2008
    16 Jan

    Top and thin 2 Hornbeam trees fronting property (T02 and T03/01

    WithdrawnWorks To Trees08/00112/TPOBAS
  6. 2007
    10 Aug

    To establish the lawfulness of a loft conversion with rear dormer.

    ApprovedLawful Development Certificate07/01006/LDC

Source: Basildon

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