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Planning Services - Conservation Areas

Conservation Area Consent

If you are proposing to demolish an UNLISTED building in a conservation area then you will require Conservation Area Consent from the Council, in addition to submitting a planning application (See also Planning Apps Info section)

You will need to provide:


PLEASE NOTE: Usually permission will only be granted for demolition where planning permission has been granted for the site's redevelopment and a commencement date for work to start has been agreed with the Council


Basildon's Four Conservation Areas

There are four conservation areas in the Basildon District that seek to preserve and enhance the character of areas, as opposed to individual buildings, that have a special architectural or historical interest.

Billericay High Street

This is the largest conservation area in the District that encompasses Billericay High Street and its surrounding area.

There are 35 listed buildings in the conservation area as well as a number of protected trees and listed telephone boxes.		Image - Listed Building
New developments have been permitted recently that complement and enhance the conservation area including the new Waitrose store, which was completed in 1999.
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Image - Listed BuildingLittle Burstead

A small village on the outskirts of Billericay that includes 5 listed buildings and listed street furniture.
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Great Burstead

The small conservation area in Great Burstead seeks to conserve a small cluster of weather-boarded buildings and cottages that gather around the Grade I listed church of St Mary Magdalene.		Image - Listed Building
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Image - Listed BuildingNoak Bridge

Noak Bridge was awarded conservation area status in 2000 and includes the youngest collection of buildings in a conservation area in the District.
Noak Bridge was one of the final phases of Basildon New Town to be built during the 1980’s.

It’s street layout and buildings were designed by the Basildon Development Corporation using the infamous Essex Design Guide, which sought to guide developers to build new buildings using the Essex vernacular style that is prevalent in many Essex villages.