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Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH

Decided Basildon 24/01458/CC Consultation with County Planning

Works: Extension

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

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference 24/01458/CC

Application record

Reference
24/01458/CC
Type
Consultation with County Planning
Status
Unknown
Decision
Closed
Received
16 Dec 2024
Validated
16 Dec 2024
Decided
19 Dec 2024
Ward
Pitsea South East
Postcode
SS16 4UH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Basildon register

This site has had 7 applications since 2023: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 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"

    Submitted 3 Sep 2026 Outline
  • 25/01395/CC Awaiting decision

    Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH

    ESS/57/24/BAS/APP: 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.

    Submitted 23 Sep 2025 Outline
  • 23/00232/ESS Granted

    Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH

    ESS/05/23/BAS - 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 23 Mar 2023 Other
  • 23/00230/ESS Granted

    Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH

    ESS/07/23/BAS - 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 23 Mar 2023 Other
  • 23/00231/ESS Granted

    Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH

    ESS/06/23/BAS - 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 23 Mar 2023 Other
  • 23/00233/ESS Granted

    Veolia Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex SS16 4UH

    ESS/123/22/BAS - Continuation of development permitted by ESS/61/17/BAS without compliance with condition 2 and 3 (timescale's for cessation of use and completion of restoration) to allow retention of buildings, including substation/transformer room, storeroom, mess room for compost operators, support facility for leachate treatment and 4 storage tanks. ESS/61/17/BAS was a variation of ESS/21/11/BAS which was for "The retention of the substation/transformer room, centrifuge building, control room and laboratory and 4 storage tanks. The change of use of the centrifuge building to a storeroom, change of use of the control room to a mess room for the compost operators and the change of use of the laboratory as a support facility for the nearby leachate treatment plant.

    Decided 23 Mar 2023 Other

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Dec 2024

    Received by Basildon

  2. 19 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Closed

  3. 1 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

2 documents on file for this application

  • EIA SCREENING OPINION DECISION BackGround Papers - Redacted · 16 Dec 2024
  • SCREENING OPINION BackGround Papers - Redacted · 16 Dec 2024

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  • Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    20/00564/CC Submitted 22 May 2020 350 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
  • Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

    23/00310/ESS Submitted 2 Mar 2023 350 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 350 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 400 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

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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