Planning application
Pitsea Landfill Site Pitsea Hall Lane Pitsea Essex
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.
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Sep 2025
Received by Basildon
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24 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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.
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