Pilgrim House High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9XY
Approved on 17 May 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior Approval sought under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (GPDO) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Residential) comprising 24 x dwellinghouses.
- Received
- 25 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Basildon Borough Council
- Ward
- Billericay East
- ReceivedReceived25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated25 Mar
- Consult.Consultation19 Apr
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided17 May
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Pilgrim House High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9XY. Basildon has handled 429 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Basildon's typical decision time. The site is in the Billericay Town Centre conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Billericay East. We hold 1,838 applications in total for the CM12 postcode area.
80% of amendment applications at Basildon Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- CM12 9XY
- Application type
- Prior Approval Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 24
- Parish
- Billericay Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 27 April 2024
- Consultation start
- 26 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 19 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 March 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 April 2024
- Last date for comments
- 27 April 2024
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 17 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Tor & Co
- Agent address
- 23 Heddon Street LONDON W1B 4BQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 March 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 April 2024
- Site notice start
- 3 April 2024
- Site notice end
- 27 April 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Billericay Town Centre
- Brownfield land register: Pilgrim House, High Street, Billericay, Essex. CM12 9XYRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
10 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202425 Sep
Section 211 notice - Relandscaping of the rear gardens to create a function and useable space for the…
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ApprovedFull Application24/00377/FULL - 20203 Sep
T1 (Horse Chestnut) of TPO/20/01
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ApprovedPrior Approval Change of Use20/00414/PACU - 201913 Jun
T1 of TPO/20/01 (Horse Chestnut) 1.5 metre crown reduction and crown lift to 5 metres to appropriate live…
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ApprovedPrior Approval Change of Use17/00584/PACU - 201622 Apr
Section 211 Notice T1 - Acer platanoides - Fell tree to ground level and mechanical grind out of stump…
WithdrawnSection 211 Notifications16/00546/S211 - 201622 Feb
Construction of a conservatory at the rear of Pilgrim House to be used as a rest room for staff
ApprovedFull Application16/00234/FULL - 201514 Oct
Horse Chestnut T1 of TPO/20/01
ApprovedWorks To Trees15/01307/TPOBAS - 200716 Aug
Siting of air conditioning condenser units at ground level with screening and mechanical plant on roof
ApprovedFull Application07/00689/FULL
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