3 Richmond Avenue Benfleet Essex SS7 5HE
Refused on 6 May 2025
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of single storey outbuilding to be used as home storage, gym and office
- Received
- 10 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Castle Point Borough Council
- Ward
- St. Mary's
- ReceivedReceived10 Mar
- ValidatedValidated14 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 May
- DecidedDecided6 May
Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 3 Richmond Avenue Benfleet Essex SS7 5HE. Castle Point has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 2 weeks longer than Castle Point's typical decision time. There have been 4 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.
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 5HE
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 9 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 27 Kimberley Avenue Ilford IG2 7AR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Benfleet Tavern Public House, High Road, Benfleet.Register 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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Associated applications
- 202510 Mar
Erection of single storey outbuilding to be used as home storage, gym and office
This applicationRefusedOutline25/0204/CLP - 202510 Mar
Construct two storey side and rear extension and roof extensions and alterations
RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongside25/0205/FUL
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20267 Oct
Construct two storey side and rear extension
ApprovedApplication26/0531/FUL - 202011 Nov
Part single/part two storey rear extension and first floor side dormer (revised application following…
ApprovedFull Application20/0807/FUL - 202014 Jan
Part-single/part two-storey rear extension and pitched-roof alteration to side elevation
ApprovedFull Application20/0027/FUL
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