Check out this week’s key planning applications in the Basildon borough, received or decided on by the council, including new Vue cinema signs, electric car chargers and more.
Applications received
1. Finished By Hand car wash, Radford Way, Billericay
Erection of an electrical substation and a six-charger, high-powered, Electric Vehicle charging hub.
2. 12 Northlands Pavement, Pitsea SS13 3DU
Change of use from Class E to include flexible provision for commercial, business and service (Use Classes E) and/or hot food takeaway (Sui Generis).
Applications approved
1. 8 Swinborne Court, Swinbourne Road, Basildon SS13 1QA
Merge two units into one to use as a wholesale bakery production place and opening of a ventilation louvre to the rear elevation at 8-10 Swinborne Court, Burnt Mills Industrial Estate.
2. Empire Cinemas, East Square, Basildon SS14 1HS
An application to construct four new internally-lit fascia signs on the side of the cinema building, displaying the "Vue" logo.
Applications refused
1. Plot 2, Cecil Drive, Pitsea
The material change of use of land for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes and hardstanding and dayroom ancillary to that use.
The reasons for refusal are not yet available.
2. 208 Clay Hill Road, Basildon SS16 4AA
An outline application to construct one three-bedroom house.
Reason for refusal:
- The proposed dwelling, by reason of its proposed positioning set close to the boundaries of the site, with limited ground floor amenity space, would result in an intrusive, cramped, over-dominant and overbearing feature in the street scene, to the detriment of the visual amenities of this locality.
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