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Watch House Farm 1 Wash Road Laindon Essex SS15 4ER

24/00219/AGBASAgricultural DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 15 March 2024

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed: Excavations or Deposits of Waste Material reasonably necessary for the purposes of Agriculture Under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 6 1) Topsoil stripped 2) Subbase of 200mm of 6F5 recycled crushed hardcore 3) Surfaced with 6-20mm of road plainings

Received
28 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Crouch
Agent
Foxes Rural Ltd
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Watch House Farm 1 Wash Road Laindon Essex SS15 4ER. Basildon has handled 13 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 6 weeks quicker than Basildon's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 556 applications in total for the SS15 postcode area.

90% of all 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
SS15 4ER
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Noak Bridge Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2024
Target decision date
27 March 2024
Permission expires
15 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Foxes Rural Ltd
Agent address
Bullbanks Farm Halstead Road Eight Ash Green Colchester CO6 3PT

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12840866
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Basildon
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    16 Nov

    Proposed two-storey rear extension with side dormers (Revised scheme)

    ApprovedFull Application20/01442/FULL
  2. 2020
    13 Aug

    Proposed two storey side and part single/part two storey rear extensions, and insertion of side dormers.

    RefusedFull Application20/00991/FULL
  3. 2019
    26 Feb

    Notification of prior approval for a proposed change of use of agricultural building for flexible commercial…

    ApprovedPrior Approval Change of Use19/00311/PACU
  4. 2019
    8 Feb

    Exterior alterations and conversion of former agricultural building to habitable annexe in connection with…

    ApprovedFull Application19/00196/FULL
  5. 2018
    3 Mar

    General purpose agricultural building to store crops, seeds and fertiliser.

    ApprovedAgricultural Determination18/00314/AGBAS
  6. 2016
    29 Nov

    Surfacing of new agricultural track (234.7 metres long by 1.95m wide) from existing Noak Hill Road access to…

    WithdrawnFull Application16/01676/FULL

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