Basildon Hospital

All beds in Basildon University Hospital are now electronically controlled. More than £1 million has been spent, in the past three years, replacing every bed and mattress in the hospital. Over the last two days a military style operation has seen the final delivery of 205 new beds, with patients being transferred one at a time from an old bed straight into a new one.

The new beds can be lowered or raised, go into an armchair position and be used to help patients stand, additionally they have ready-fitted side rails to enhance patient safety. Some include scales so patients can be weighed. They also give patients more control as they can use the hand-held electronic controls to position their bed for their own comfort. 

South West Essex NHS funded the purchase of the beds, which cost a total of £270,000.

Planning

Your chance to influence planning policy in the town 

A questionnaire prepared by the Billericay Design Statement Association was included in the October issue of "The Resident".   

Analysis of completed questionnaires has commenced, and results show the majority of respondents are in favour of the proposals derived from the previous survey.  Residents who have not yet done so are requested to return questionnaires to The Loft, Crown Yard, High Street, Billericay, CM12 9BX so that their views on the future of the town are reflected in the final recommendations.  Alternatively, the questionnaire can be viewed and submitted via the BDSA web site www.billericaydsa.org.uk. 

More community support will give the Design Statement more weight.

Applications received by Basildon Council for the week ending 12 January 2009

Billericay East                                              

Application No:  08/01422/FULL  Alterations & extensions to bungalow to form 5 bed house at 12 Horace Road Billericay Essex CM11 1AA
Application No:  09/00020/TPOBAS  Reduce lower lateral branches overhanging greenhouse, remove dead, dying & dangerous branches, reduce sub-lateral branches (T6 Oak), reduce branch to previous overhanging summerhouse (T7 Oak) TPO/03/80 at 13 The Grove Billericay Essex CM11 1AU                                  

Billericay West
Application No: 09/00001/ABAS  Fit 2. fixed, non-illuminated signs to gable wall of shop at 17 Radford Way Billericay Essex CM12 0AA                                           

Burstead          
Application No:  08/01267/FULL  Installation of 2 pitched dormers to rear roof slope of dwelling house & velux windows to roof of detached garage at Glenthorne, London Road Billericay Essex CM12 9H 

Application No:  08/01433/LDC  To establish the lawfulness of the use of an existing outbuilding within the curtilage for puposes incidental & ancillary to the dwelling house. Hope Cottage, Laindon Common Road, Little Burstead, Billericay.

Application No:  09/00016/LDC  To establish the lawfulness of a proposed hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer. 9 Scrub Rise Billericay Essex CM12 9PG