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246-250 High Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5LA

23/0744/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 February 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed alterations and change of use to ground floor to create Restaurant and 8No. flats at 1st and 2nd floor with associated off-street parking

Received
4 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
13
Ward
Boyce
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 62 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 246-250 High Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5LA. Castle Point has handled 720 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 4 weeks longer than Castle Point's typical decision time. The site is in the Bewdley conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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 5LA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2023
Last date for comments
9 January 2024
Target decision date
9 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
25 Galton Road Westcliff-on-Sea Essex SS0 8LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12644424
Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 246-250 High Road, BenfleetRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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  1. 2024
    24 Oct

    Removal of condition 12 (Sustainable Drainage) of permission 23/0744/FUL

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelated24/0631/REM
  2. 2024
    28 May

    Submission of details pursuant to the discharge of condition 4 (Construction Plan), condition 12 (Surface…

    Partial ApprovalDischarge of conditions24/0317/CDN
  3. 2023
    4 Dec

    Proposed alterations and change of use to ground floor to create Restaurant and 8No. flats at 1st and 2nd…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/0744/FUL

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