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16A Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DZ

26/00142/PACUPrior Approval Change of UseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 7 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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 for the change of use from Use Class Sui Generis Use Class C3 (Residential).

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Burstead
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 16A Western Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DZ. Basildon has handled 429 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Burstead. 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).

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Application details

Postcode
CM12 9DZ
Application type
Prior Approval Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billericay Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
20 February 2026
Consultation end
16 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
20 March 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Eunice Borbe
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14686273
Documents
6
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Billericay Town CentrePart of the site
  • 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    27 May

    Retrospective Change of Use from sui generis back to C3 residential.

    ApprovedFull Application26/00598/FULL

Source: Basildon

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