Garrolds Farm Bramble Crescent Hadleigh Benfleet Essex SS7 2XA Data via plota.co.uk

26/0318/CLP - Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed Approved

Proposal

Formation of a new 3.5m domestic vehicle access onto Bramble Crescent and the creation of 3 domestic parking spaces. Works include the removal of a short section of Category C3 Leylandii hedge, and replacing existing concrete hardstanding with new SuDS-compliant permeable block paving. No gates are proposed. Siting and exact dimensions are detailed on the attached Proposed Block Plan. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Jun 2026
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Validated
12 Jun 2026
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Approved
30 Jun 2026

Approved on 30 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
SSSI about 69 m away: Garrold's Meadow SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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
Inside the Southend-on-Sea 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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

Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
Postcode
SS7 2XA
Received
5 Jun 2026
Validated
12 Jun 2026
Ward
St Michael's
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
30 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
IArch Consulting

How this decision compares

Decided in 18 days from validation, 25 days faster than Castle Point's median of 43 for extensions. Approved, as 91% of extensions here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
243decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Castle Point in the last twelve months, from validation. Castle Point decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14988471
Planning Portal ref
PP-14988471
Statutory expiry
7 Aug 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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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