Social Value Ideas for Basildon Borough Council

Trading breaches near school

Officers reported repeated complaints that the ice cream van traded outside Lee Chapel School without consent, including parking on zigzag lines and double yellow lines, and remaining too close to the…

“On the 14th of on the March 13, sorry, the licensing department received a complaint regarding an ice cream van trading outside Lee Chapel School, whi…”

Licensing hearing adjourned to 2 September

The sub-committee could not proceed with the premises licence application because the applicant's representative was unable to connect properly online. After a short adjournment, the meeting was defer…

“Well, I'm councillor Robbins, and I'm chairman of this licensing committee. And, I've welcomed everybody already to the application for a premises lic…”

Street trading consent refused

The sub-committee decided to refuse a street trading consent application for an ice cream van. The refusal was based on the council's street trading policy, the suitability of the location, health and…

“Decision C, to reject the application. The reason the sub committee has discerned determined to refuse the application for a street trading consent fo…”

Street trading consent policy applied

Basildon Council’s street trading consent scheme and 2024 to 2029 policy were discussed as the controlling framework for ice cream van trading. The policy requires consent for trading on designated st…

“On the 09/29/2025, the the council street trading consent scheme took effect. This scheme has been developed in accordance with the council's newly ad…”

Members' pay rise rejected

The council rejected a proposed 3.2% uplift to members' allowances. This means no additional spending on councillor allowances, and the existing scheme remains in place for now.

“Speaker 5: Under the circumstances, I do not think it would be appropriate to accept an increase in councilor allowances whilst also increasing the ov…”

Political assistants funded

The council agreed in principle to create political assistant posts for the three largest political groups, with salaries around half the previous leader's office role. The proposal was deferred to Ov…

“Speaker 5: The three largest political groups on the authority qualify for a political assistant provided the membership makes up at least 10% of the …”

Investigation approved into governance concerns

Council approved a motion to investigate concerns raised about internal workings, declarations, and a disputed debt shown in insolvency paperwork. Speakers repeatedly framed the issue as one of accoun…

“Our business this evening is to consider a motion that has been submitted by five members of the council. It must remind members that the meeting is t…”

Refusal for Magdalene Lodge

The committee upheld refusal of the Magdalene Lodge outline housing application because the site was judged to make a strong contribution to green belt purposes and not qualify as grey belt. Members a…

“The proposed development constitutes inappropriate development within the green belt. It is considered that the application site makes a strong contri…”

Refusal of London Road Scheme

The committee refused the London Road outline application after members voted against the officer recommendation, citing lack of education mitigation and refusal reasons based on failure to secure law…

“All those in favor of the application, please show. >> Okay. >> His party ain't done it for a long time. >> Um all those that wish to refuse this plea…”

Heritage-led refusal in Billericay

A full planning application for office-to-residential conversion and extension at Unique House, Billericay was refused because of harm to the conservation area and nearby listed buildings, including B…

“In terms of the planning balance, we've had um uh response from the specialist conservation uh department at Essex County Council who are of the opini…”