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Billericay Library Burghstead Lodge 143 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AB

25/01227/LBBASListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 12 December 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Proposal

Localised repairs to the main roof, including refurbishment of the parapet gutter, reinstatement of sections of defective rainwater downpipes with lead substitutes to match the original installation and isolated tile repairs. Internal reinstatement of damaged finishes.

Received
12 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Billericay East
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Billericay Library Burghstead Lodge 143 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AB. Basildon has handled 84 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Basildon's typical decision time. The site is in the Billericay Town Centre conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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.

92% of heritage 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
CM12 9AB
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billericay Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2025
Consultation expiry
19 October 2025
Consultation start
25 September 2025
Consultation end
19 October 2025
Last date for comments
19 October 2025
Target decision date
10 November 2025
Permission expires
12 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Oswicks Property Professionals
Agent address
Oswicks Property Professionals 5-7 Head Street Halstead Essex CO9 2AT

Planning decision

Case officer
Hannah Collins
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 September 2025
Advertisement expiry
19 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14326198
Documents
8
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.

  • Conservation area: Billericay Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Burghstead HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    4 Mar

    Application for approval of details reserved by Condition 3 (Details of External Finishes), Condition 4…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00234/COND
  2. 2025
    12 Sep

    Localised repairs to the main roof, including refurbishment of the parapet gutter, reinstatement of sections…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage25/01227/LBBAS

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