Goldenley Care Homes 11 - 13 Richmond Avenue Benfleet Essex SS7 5HE
Approved on 15 July 2026
Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee24 conditions
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Proposal
Demolition of the existing care home and construction of a 72-bedroom care home (Use Class C2), with associated access, parking, plant, landscaping and site infrastructure
- Received
- 21 January 2026
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 11
- Council
- Castle Point Borough Council
- Ward
- St. Mary's
- ReceivedReceived21 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation15 May
- TargetTarget Date8 May
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 159 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Goldenley Care Homes 11 - 13 Richmond Avenue Benfleet Essex SS7 5HE. Castle Point has handled 720 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 19 weeks longer than Castle Point's typical decision time. 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 5HE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 15 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 May 2026
- Committee meeting
- 14 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Summit House 12 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4QH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14472102
- Documents
- 74
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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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