South Benfleet Library, High Road, South Benfleet, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 5HD

CC/CPT/16/25Full Planning Application CCApproved

Full

Approved on 7 April 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of new heating plant and enclosure (Air Source Heat Pump).

Received: 7 February 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Essex County Council
Ward: South Benfleet ED

ReceivedReceived7 Feb
ValidatedValidated12 Feb
Consult.Consultation10 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at South Benfleet Library, High Road, South Benfleet, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 5HD. Essex has handled 82 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 weeks longer than Essex's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,303 applications in total for the SS7 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Essex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: SS7 5HD
Application type: Full Planning Application CC
Scale / size: Small
District: Castle Point District

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 February 2025
Consultation expiry: 10 March 2025
Consultation start: 17 February 2025
Consultation end: 10 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Rivendell Centre White Horse Lane Maldon CM9 5QP

Additional information

Documents: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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Source: Essex

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