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Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

Granted Basildon 20/00564/CC Consultation with County Planning

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Continuation of installation of waste pre-treatment facilities and recontouring of the landfill to facilitate restoration permitted by ESS/35/06/BAS without compliance with condition 4 (completion timescales), to allow waste to be deposited on site until 31 December 2025 and the site restored to nature conservation by 31 December 2027 and without compliance with condition 3 (waste geographical sources) to allow importation of waste from outside Essex and Southend and also without the development of the previously permitted waste pre-treatment facility - ESS/49/14/BAS

As published by the council, reference 20/00564/CC

Application record

Reference
20/00564/CC
Type
Consultation with County Planning
Status
Awaiting decision
Decision
Granted As published: No Objection
Received
22 May 2020
Validated
22 May 2020
Decided
19 Jun 2020
Ward
Pitsea South East
Parish
Bowers Gifford/Nth Ben Parish Council
Decision by
Chief Planner Decisions

Site history

Applications at this address on the Basildon register

This site has had 5 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/01396/CC Awaiting decision

    Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    ESS/15/25/BAS/APP Continuation of recontouring of the landfill to facilitate restoration permitted by ESS/49/14/BAS without compliance with condition 4 (completion timescales), condition 5 (removal of buildings and equipment) and condition 21 (restoration scheme) to delay restoration of the composting (and proposed waste wood processing) area and access road and weighbridge facilities by 10 years. ESS/49/14/BAS was a variation permission of ESS/35/06/BAS for recontouring of the landfill to facilitate restoration.

    Submitted 23 Sep 2025 Outline
  • 23/00310/ESS Decided

    Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    ESS/07/23/BAS/SO - Continuation of development permitted by ESS/60/17/BAS without compliance with condition 1 (Timescale's for cessation of use and completion of restoration) to allow retention of the composting facility. Planning permission ESS/60/17/BAS was a variation of an earlier permission the original permission being ESS/67/96/BAS which was for "Waste composting facility, including storage and reception buildings, composting tunnels, biofilter, air treatment room and office, laboratory."

    Decided 26 May 2023 Other
  • 23/00309/ESS Decided

    Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    ESS/05/23/BAS/SO - Continuation of development permitted by ESS/62/17/BAS without compliance with condition 2 (timescales for cessation of use and completion of restoration). ESS/62/17/BAS was a variation of ESS/19/12/BAS which was for "Use of 1.3ha land within the existing site to store compost oversize product and to enable provision and operation of machinery for the further treatment and recycling of the oversize product"

    Decided 26 May 2023 Other
  • 23/00308/ESS Decided

    Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    ESS/06/23/BAS/SO - Continuation of development permitted by ESS/59/17/BAS without compliance with condition 2 (development restriction) and condition 3 (timescales for cessation of use and completion of restoration). ESS/59/17/BAS was a variation of ESS/50/08/BAS which was for "Change of use of land to enable provision and operation of machinery for the pre-treatment of inert waste to create restoration soils"

    Decided 26 May 2023 Other

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 May 2020

    Received by Basildon

  2. 19 Jun 2020

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 1 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

5 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Basildon granted permission on 19 June 2020, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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Nearby applications

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  • Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    23/00310/ESS Submitted 2 Mar 2023 50 yards away

    ESS/07/23/BAS/SO - Continuation of development permitted by ESS/60/17/BAS without compliance with condition 1 (Timescale's for cessation of use and completion of restoration) to allow retention of the composting facility. Planning permission ESS/60/17/BAS was a variation of an earlier permission the original permission being ESS/67/96/BAS which was for "Waste composting facility, including storage and reception buildings, composting tunnels, biofilter, air treatment room and office, laboratory."

    Decided Other 2 docs
  • Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    23/00309/ESS Submitted 1 Mar 2023 50 yards away

    ESS/05/23/BAS/SO - Continuation of development permitted by ESS/62/17/BAS without compliance with condition 2 (timescales for cessation of use and completion of restoration). ESS/62/17/BAS was a variation of ESS/19/12/BAS which was for "Use of 1.3ha land within the existing site to store compost oversize product and to enable provision and operation of machinery for the further treatment and recycling of the oversize product"

    Decided Other 2 docs
  • Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    23/00308/ESS Submitted 1 Mar 2023 150 yards away

    ESS/06/23/BAS/SO - Continuation of development permitted by ESS/59/17/BAS without compliance with condition 2 (development restriction) and condition 3 (timescales for cessation of use and completion of restoration). ESS/59/17/BAS was a variation of ESS/50/08/BAS which was for "Change of use of land to enable provision and operation of machinery for the pre-treatment of inert waste to create restoration soils"

    Decided Other 2 docs
  • Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH

    24/01458/CC Submitted 16 Dec 2024 350 yards away

    ESS/57/24/BAS/SO - EIA Screening Opinion: Retention of the open windrow green waste composting facility and shredding of oversized green waste and lateral extension of the site to facilitate the introduction of waste wood shredding operations and the retention of existing associated buildings and infrastructure.

    Decided Outline Extension 2 docs

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    Blackthorn Stud Kennel Lane Billericay Essex CM12 9RS

    Outline application with all matters reserved (except access) for the construction of up to 11 dwellings.

    Received 6 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Outline
  • 25/00794/OUT Granted

    Great Broomfields Cranfield Park Road Wickford Essex SS12 9EP

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    Received 5 Jun, published by the council 24 Sep 2026 Outline
  • 26/01019/SCOPE Awaiting decision

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    Received 21 Sep, published by the council 28 Sep 2026 Outline
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    Received 30 Apr, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Outline
  • 26/00977/CC Awaiting decision

    Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH

    ESS/57/24/BAS/13/01 - Details pursuant to condition 13 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy) off ESS/57/24/BAS. ESS/57/24/BAS was for "The retention of the open windrow green waste composting facility and shredding of oversized green waste and lateral extension of the site to facilitate the introduction of waste wood shredding operations and the retention of existing associated buildings and infrastructure"

    Received 3 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Outline