4 Sidwell Lane Benfleet Essex SS7 1LG
Refused on 18 August 2025
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed infilling of front recess and alterations to include the installation of a roof lantern to the flat roof over the side extension.
- Received
- 13 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Castle Point Borough Council
- Ward
- St. Mary's
- ReceivedReceived13 Jun
- ValidatedValidated23 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Aug
- DecidedDecided18 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application for a side extension at 4 Sidwell Lane Benfleet Essex SS7 1LG. Castle Point has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 3 weeks longer 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 1LG
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 The Green Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3DU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Castle Point
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