Northwick Boarding Kennels Northwick Road Canvey Island Essex SS8 0PY Data via plota.co.uk

25/0860/CLE - Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Refused

Proposal

Use of premises for storage and distribution (unrestricted Use Class B8) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:51

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Application progress

✓

Received

22 Dec 2025

✓

Validated

29 Jan 2026

✗

Refused

3 Mar 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 3 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 14

Site constraints 8

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Tilbury to Southend across the site

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; SSSI 351 m away: Canvey Wick SSSI; Inside the Canvey Island built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 3 November 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.

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Important details

Council: Castle Point
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Postcode: SS8 0PY
Received: 22 Dec 2025
Validated: 29 Jan 2026
Ward: Canvey Island Winter Gardens
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 26 Mar 2026
Decision: Refusal
Decision date: 3 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Hybrid Planning & Development Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 33 days from validation, 20 days faster than Castle Point's median of 53 for changes of use. Refused, as 45% of changes of use here are.

This one33d

Council53d

UK56d

64%decided within 8 weeks

55%approved

33decided in the last year

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-14550078
Planning Portal ref: PP-14550078
Statutory expiry: 26 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Castle Point

Planning Authority Score

7.1/10

Good

#56 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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.

Among the fastest councils in England

for householder decisions

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Castle Point decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

78%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #270 of 296

84%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #254 of 296

96%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #4 of 296

10%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #2 of 296

56%

Minor dwellings approved

39 decided (1-9 homes)

50%

Major dwellings approved

4 decided (10+ homes)

58%

Change of use approved

24 decided

385

Total decisions

83 refused in the year to March 2026

Northwick Boarding Kennels Northwick Road Canvey Island Essex SS8 0PY Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 14

Decision & officer reports 2

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Other documents 10

Site constraints 8

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Consultation & key dates