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444 High Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5AQ

Refused Castle Point 26/0415/FUL Full Application

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a children's residential care home (Use Class C2) for up to two children (aged 8-17 years), with 24-hour care provided by minimum two staff members at any one time, including one waking night and one sleep-in staff member overnight, operating on a rota basis.

As published by the council, reference 26/0415/FUL

Application record

Reference
26/0415/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refusal
Received
22 Jul 2026
Validated
30 Jul 2026
Decided
24 Sep 2026
Ward
Appleton
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SS7 5AQ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Jul 2026

    Received by Castle Point

  2. 30 Jul 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 24 Sep 2026

    Decision issued: Refusal

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

26 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Castle Point refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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