218 High Street Canvey Island Essex SS8 7SX Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from car showroom (sui generis) to retail convenience store (Use Class E(a)), including part demolition to the existing unit and construct extension, boundary treatments, associated servicing arrangement and parking Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 16 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 17 Jul 2026
Documents 31
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 5
Plans & drawings 17
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 5
Associated applications 2
- Change of use from car showroom (sui generis) to retail convenience store (Use Class E(a)), including part demolition…
Conditions 4 discharged
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £500,000 in June 2024. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Castle Point
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- SS8 7SX
- Received
- 7 May 2026
- Validated
- 26 May 2026
- Ward
- Canvey Island South
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Approval
- Decision date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- ROK Planning
How this decision compares
Decided in 51 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Approved, as 50% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Castle Point in the last twelve months, from validation. Castle Point decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14634826
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14634826
- Statutory expiry
- 21 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Castle Point is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #4 out of 296. Only 10% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Castle Point is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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