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15 Albert Drive Laindon Essex SS15 5UT

26/00653/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 24 August 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from a Class C3(a) dwellinghouse to a Class C2 children's home at 15 Albert Drive, Basildon, SS15 5UT.

Received
10 June 2026
Ward
Lee Chapel North
Agent
Chandran Hughes Architects
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 15 Albert Drive Laindon Essex SS15 5UT. Basildon has handled 2,522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Basildon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Lee Chapel North. We hold 556 applications in total for the SS15 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
SS15 5UT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2026
Consultation end
18 July 2026
Target decision date
24 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Chandran Hughes Architects
Architect profile
CHANDRAN HUGHES ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
16 Ardwell Avenue Ilford IG6 1AW

Planning decision

Case officer
Ralph Mullan
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14995838
Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 12 Albert Drive, Laindon, Essex, SS15 5UTRegister 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 (21)

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 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.

Source: Basildon

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