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Rear Of 103-105 High Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5LN

22/0544/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 21 July 2022

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application to change the use of existing 3-storey office building and alterations and extensions to convert into 4-storey building consisting of 8No. residential units with some matters reserved (landscaping)

Received
4 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
St. Mary's
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 17 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Rear Of 103-105 High Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5LN. Castle Point has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 4 weeks quicker than Castle Point's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

85% 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 5LN
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
District
ELECTRONIC FILE ONLY

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2022
Last date for comments
10 August 2022
Target decision date
29 August 2022
Decision issued
17 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1775 London Road Leigh-on-Sea Essex SS9 2ST Essex

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
23/0010/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3315680
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 September 2023Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11327793
Documents
32

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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