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9 Cumberland Avenue Benfleet Essex SS7 5NU

26/0275/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 July 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish existing shed and concrete base and construct timber motorcycle garage workshop in rear garden

Received
15 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Appleton
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 47 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 9 Cumberland Avenue Benfleet Essex SS7 5NU. Castle Point has handled 720 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 3 weeks longer than Castle Point's typical decision time. The site is in the Ottery St Mary conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Appleton. 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 5NU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2026
Last date for comments
23 June 2026
Target decision date
24 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14743515
Comments
0
Documents
10

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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