Policy information sourced from the Basildon District Local Plan Saved Policies document.

BAS SH9: Temporary Retail Uses.

If planning permission is required for temporary uses, including the holding of car boot sales and Sunday markets, this will be granted subject to the following criteria being satisfied:-

  • The surrounding roads should be adequate to accommodate the increase in vehicle traffic generated, having regard to the physical and environmental capacity of the roads and their
    function in the county road hierarchy;
  • The proposal should not conflict with the policies safeguarding the status and role of the Green Belt or any site of acknowledged wildlife importance;
  • The proposal should not detrimentally affect the visual and residential amenities of nearby residential areas;
  • The proposal or use of the site should not involve the erection of any permanent buildings; and
  • The site should not be permanently laid out for such a use.

For further information, please visit Basildon’s District Local Plan Saved Policies document.