Plans for 270 new homes on disused land near Pitsea station
The project would see several eight storey housing blocks built
Disused land next to an Essex railway station could become hundreds of homes, according to early plans.
A request for a screening opinion for the redevelopment, which could consist of 270 homes in eight buildings up to eight-storeys high next to Pitsea station, was validated by Basildon Borough Council on 14 November.
The land north of Terminus Drive, off Pitsea Hall Lane, was previously given permission to be converted to a haulage yard after a successful appeal by K E Kent Transport in 2014, the same applicant listed in these latest plans.
At the time, the planning inspectorate disagreed with the council’s fears a haulage yard would result in more land having to be allocated for employment uses elsewhere in the borough in its since-withdrawn local plan.
A report said: “The council expressed concern that the proposal could lead to a requirement for a greater amount of green field land to be allocated, including land within the green belt.”
This latest application is a request for a screening opinion, a pre-application submission made by developers to see if their proposals need an environmental assessment to evaluate their impact on the area.
It says eight new buildings could be built in the site, reaching up to eight storeys tall, with a maximum height of 26.5m metres. The request is also for a car park for the development, as well as landscaping.
Since the request has been validated by the council, meaning it has been made public on the council’s planning website, a planning application is likely to be made by the applicants in the future.