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14 Downesway Benfleet Essex SS7 1EE

22/0795/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 12 January 2023

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish existing garage, porch and conservatory and construct single storey rear/side extension plus other external alterations

Received
17 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Mary's
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 87 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 14 Downesway Benfleet Essex SS7 1EE. Castle Point has handled 720 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 6 weeks 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 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 1EE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2022
Last date for comments
10 November 2022
Target decision date
12 December 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3314052
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 October 2023Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11623385
Comments
0
Documents
13

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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