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20 Kents Hill Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5PL

20/0703/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 November 2020

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing outbuilding and construction of two-bedroom detached dormer bungalow on land to the rear with access onto Constitution Hill

Received
7 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
St. Mary's
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Nov
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided30 Nov

Decided in 52 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 20 Kents Hill Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5PL. Castle Point has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 12 days longer than Castle Point's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across St. Mary's. We hold 1,303 applications in total for the SS7 postcode area.

84% of outline 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 5PL
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
District
ELECTRONIC FILE ONLY

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2020
Last date for comments
3 November 2020
Target decision date
4 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1094 London Road Leigh-On-Sea Essex SS9 2AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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