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Bull Farm London Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2DD

25/01324/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 May 2026

Council decision: Granted42 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing Bull Farm house and existing outbuildings/structures, construction of residential care home facility (C2 use) to provide 66no. single occupancy bedrooms (all with en-suite wet rooms), with associated car parking, drainage and landscaping provision, and new vehicular access off London Road.

Received
3 October 2025
Public comments
10
Ward
Pitsea South East
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 213 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bull Farm London Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2DD. Basildon has handled 2,522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 216 days, 23 weeks longer than Basildon's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Pitsea South East. We hold 115 applications in total for the SS13 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
SS13 2DD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2025
Consultation expiry
2 November 2025
Consultation start
8 October 2025
Consultation end
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 November 2025
Last date for comments
2 November 2025
Target decision date
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Architect profile
BIDWELLS LLP
Agent address
Bidwell House Trumpington Road Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9LD Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
2 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14203962
Documents
38
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Source: Basildon

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