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Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex

Awaiting decision Basildon 25/01396/CC Consultation with County Planning

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference 25/01396/CC

Application record

Reference
25/01396/CC
Type
Consultation with County Planning
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
23 Sep 2025
Validated
24 Sep 2025
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 2 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 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. 23 Sep 2025

    Received by Basildon

  2. 24 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 19 November 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Basildon took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Basildon for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Basildon's median decision took 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

In Basildon

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    Received 30 Apr, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Outline
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    Received 14 Jul, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Outline
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    Received 13 Jul, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Outline