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Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

Decided Basildon 23/00308/ESS Essex County Council application

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

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"

As published by the council, reference 23/00308/ESS

Application record

Reference
23/00308/ESS
Type
Essex County Council application
Status
Unknown
Decision
Closed
Received
1 Mar 2023
Validated
1 Mar 2023
Decided
26 May 2023
Ward
Pitsea South East
Parish
Bowers Gifford/Nth Ben Parish Council

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
  • 20/00564/CC Granted

    Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    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

    Decided 19 Jun 2020 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Mar 2023

    Received by Basildon

  2. 26 May 2023

    Decision issued: Closed

  3. 28 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

2 documents on file for this application

  • SCREENING OPINION Application Form · 02 Mar 2023
  • CONSULTEE LETTER BackGround Papers - Redacted · 02 Mar 2023

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  • Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    23/00310/ESS Submitted 2 Mar 2023 150 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 150 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

    20/00564/CC Submitted 22 May 2020 150 yards away

    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

    Granted Outline 5 docs
  • Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH

    24/01458/CC Submitted 16 Dec 2024 400 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

In Basildon

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    Land Ramsden View Road Wickford Essex

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    Received 6 Dec, published by the council 1 Sep 2026 Other
  • 24/01166/EEB Granted

    Electricity Overhead Line Enfield Road Wickford Essex

    Electricity Act 1989: Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 - Notice for this change to the overhead line by 15metres

    Received 4 Oct, published by the council 19 Aug 2026 Other
  • 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."

    Received 2 Mar, published by the council 28 Sep 2026 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"

    Received 1 Mar, published by the council 28 Sep 2026 Other
  • 23/00307/ESS Granted

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    ESS/08/23/BAS - Proposed New Shed.

    Received 16 Feb, published by the council 19 Aug 2026 Other