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1 Oldwyk Basildon Essex SS16 4NU

23/01079/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 15 April 2024

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

Change of use from dwelling house (Class C3) to residential children's care home (Class C2).

Received
23 August 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Vange
Agent
Smart Skills Ltd
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.22 Sep
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 235 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Oldwyk Basildon Essex SS16 4NU. Basildon has handled 2,522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 236 days, 26 weeks longer than Basildon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 768 applications in total for the SS16 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
SS16 4NU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2023
Consultation expiry
24 September 2023
Consultation start
29 August 2023
Consultation end
22 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
31 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
24 September 2023
Last date for comments
24 September 2023
Target decision date
27 February 2024
Decision issued
16 April 2024
Permission expires
16 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Smart Skills Ltd
Architect profile
SMART SKILLS LTD
Agent address
27 Kimberley Avenue Ilford IG2 7AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
187 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12401571
Documents
14

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Basildon

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