Basildon Online Residents' Association
The Online Residents' Association is being formed as an online community to co-ordinate efforts resisting inappropriate planning applications in Basildon. Recent experience has shown the need to protect the rural character of the village from overdevelopment. This is not saying that we are trying to prevent all development or object to every new application. Once a site has been bought for development it is inevitable that something will get built there so we are just trying to ensure that what results is appropriate for Basildon and sustainable for the community.
Keeping you informed
All pending local planning applications are displayed on the Basildon Planning Applications Page which is regularly updated. There is an Online Residents' Association Mailing List to which you can subscribe. Notification of significant new applications will be posted to this list.
- Subscribe to the BORA Mailing List by clicking here.
- Once subscribed, post to the list by emailing online_residents_assoc@basildon-berks.net
Influencing Planning Application Decisions
You can either support or object to planning applications by writing to:
Head of Planning,
West Berkshire Council Offices,
Market Street,
Newbury,
RG14 5LD or
email: planapps@westberks.gov.uk
If you do choose to object to an application, it is worth having a basic understanding of the Planning Process. It is also worth noting that separate letters from different members of the same household count as separate objections so long as each letter is not just a duplication of the others. If the planning officers at West Berkshire Council want to approve the application but they have received more than 10 letters of objection, the application goes before a Planning Committee. Although the committee may still decide to grant the application, it does give residents and the Parish Council a chance to speak at an open meeting.