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127 Moreland Avenue Thundersley Benfleet Essex SS7 4JJ

25/0864/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 27 January 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from C3 dwellinghouse to a children's residential care home (Use Class C2) for up to two children (aged 8-17 years) with care provided by a minimum of two staff members at all times, including one waking night and one sleep-in staff overnight, operating on a rota basis

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
13
Ward
St George's
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated30 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 28 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 127 Moreland Avenue Thundersley Benfleet Essex SS7 4JJ. Castle Point has handled 720 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 7 days quicker than Castle Point's typical decision time. The site is in the Stockton Town Centre conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across St George'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 4JJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 December 2025
Last date for comments
23 January 2026
Target decision date
24 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
104 OAKS LANE ILFORD IG2 7PX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14584017
Documents
15

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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