7 St Marys Drive Benfleet Essex SS7 1LB

21/0002/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 1 March 2021

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Alterations and extensions to convert single dwelling into 4No. flats and associated 4No. parking spaces

Received: 4 January 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 31
Council: Castle Point Borough Council
Ward: Boyce

ReceivedReceived4 Jan
ValidatedValidated6 Jan
Consult.Consultation17 Feb
TargetTarget Date3 Mar
DecidedDecided1 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 7 St Marys Drive Benfleet Essex SS7 1LB. Castle Point has handled 720 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Castle Point's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications 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.

84% of full 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 1LB
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
District: ELECTRONIC FILE ONLY

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 January 2021
Last date for comments: 17 February 2021
Target decision date: 3 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 7 Orwell Studios 24 Market Place London W1W 8ER

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09369418
Documents: 33

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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Castle Point

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