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81 - 85 High Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5LN

25/0823/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 12 March 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension to existing nursery play area, installation of bin and bicycle stores, and other minor alterations

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
St. Mary's
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 85 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 81 - 85 High Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5LN. Castle Point has handled 720 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 8 weeks longer than Castle Point's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5LN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2025
Last date for comments
5 March 2026
Target decision date
11 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Firstplan Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14398297
Documents
19

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.

Source: Castle Point

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