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77 Vicarage Hill Benfleet Essex SS7 1PD

20/0344/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 27 July 2020

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce the height and spread of one Oak (T1) by up to 2.5m (0.5m behind previous pruning points) and 20% crown thinning to allow light to the property (TPO 3/85)

Received
1 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boyce
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 77 Vicarage Hill Benfleet Essex SS7 1PD. Castle Point has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Castle Point's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Boyce. We hold 1,303 applications in total for the SS7 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Castle Point Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SS7 1PD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
District
ELECTRONIC FILE ONLY

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2020
Last date for comments
26 June 2020
Target decision date
27 July 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08762316
Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Old VicarageOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 3/85Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Green belt: Castle PointPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    10 Feb

    Reduction of the Oak Tree back to the previous pruning points approved in 2020 (under reference 20/0344/TPO

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderRelated25/0105/TPO
  2. 2020
    1 Jun

    Reduce the height and spread of one Oak (T1) by up to 2.5m (0.5m behind previous pruning points) and 20%…

    This applicationApprovedTrees20/0344/TPO

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