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13 Sparrows Herne Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5JH

25/01508/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 2 March 2026

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a residential children's care home - supported or semi-supported (Class C2).

Received
16 November 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Nethermayne
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 13 Sparrows Herne Kingswood Basildon Essex SS16 5JH. Basildon has handled 2,522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Basildon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Nethermayne. 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 5JH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
21 December 2025
Consultation start
26 November 2025
Consultation end
20 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 December 2025
Last date for comments
21 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
FredCentArch
Agent address
473B High Road Woodford Green London IG8 0XE

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Benson
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14492859
Documents
18

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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