Planning application
Land At Manor Trading Estate Benfleet SS7 4PS
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Outline Planning Application comprising one B2 (General Industrial) and one B8 (Storage and Industrial) Unit (all matters reserved except access and layout)
As published by the council, reference 25/0516/OUT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/0516/OUT
- Type
- Outline Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refusal
- Received
- 11 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 27 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 11 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Thundersley North
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- SS7 4PS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Jul 2025
Received by Castle Point
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27 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Refusal
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About outline applications
How this application type works
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site before the detail is worked up. Some or all of the particulars, such as appearance, layout, scale, access and landscaping, are held back as reserved matters for later approval. Permission at outline stage does not by itself allow building to start; the reserved matters must be approved first.
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Other outline applications
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26/0472/PIP Awaiting decision
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26/0460/OUT Awaiting decision
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26/0413/CPA3MA Awaiting decision
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Kennels 256 Daws Heath Road Rayleigh Essex SS6 7NP
Change of use of land to use as a cattery including the erection of a building for use as a cattery (retention of existing building to be partially demolished) and landscaping including the laying of a grasscrete surface for parking. Demolition of other existing cattery building. Form vehicular access and erect new boundary gates and fencing.