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Castle Point

In the last 12 months, 83.3% of full planning applications were approved in Castle Point (210 decided). A typical decision takes about seven weeks (median 49 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-02-16–2026-04-07): 81.0% of 2,055 decisions approved.

2,166Total applications
1,665Approved
390Refused
5Withdrawn
9Pending
81.0%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
1,583Delegated Decision
549Delegated Planning Officer
31Committee Decision
3To Be Determined
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 1,111 851 260
76.6%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 250 209 41
83.6%
Notification 191 189 2
99.0%
Discharge of Conditions 114 106 8
93.0%
Tree Works (TPO) 100 95 5
95.0%
Prior Approval (Other) 76 54 22
71.1%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 55 46 9
83.6%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 35 29 6
82.9%
Advertisement Consent 28 27 1
96.4%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 22 16 6
72.7%
Outline Planning 13 2 11
15.4%
Prior App - Comm/bus/service to Resid 11 5 6
45.5%
Consultation 9 8 1
88.9%
Prior Approval (Class AA — Upward Extension) 7 3 4
42.9%
Application - Council Dev on Own Land 7 7 0
100.0%
Listed Building Consent 6 5 1
83.3%
Telecommunications 5 0 5
0.0%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 3 3 0
100.0%
Prior App - Part 14 Class J 3 3 0
100.0%
Application - Other Dev on Council Land 3 3 0
100.0%
Prior App Class A Part 20 2 2 0
100.0%
Prior App Class AB Part 20 2 0 2
0.0%
Reserved Matters 1 1 0
100.0%
Prior App-Com/bus/serv to Mix use/2flats 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 127 105
82.7%
2023-Q4 162 114
70.4%
2024-Q1 160 128
80.0%
2024-Q2 157 122
77.7%
2024-Q3 190 157
82.6%
2024-Q4 200 172
86.0%
2025-Q1 214 180
84.1%
2025-Q2 195 141
72.3%
2025-Q3 154 130
84.4%
2025-Q4 166 141
84.9%
2026-Q1 123 105
85.4%
2026-Q2 8 6
75.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
St. James' 185 152 33
82.2%
Canvey Island South 181 154 27
85.1%
St. Mary's 170 148 22
87.1%
Appleton 166 131 35
78.9%
Canvey Island Central 127 111 16
87.4%
St Michael's 122 86 36
70.5%
Thundersley North 120 99 21
82.5%
Boyce 113 88 25
77.9%
Canvey Island East 108 85 23
78.7%
Canvey Island Winter Gardens 107 91 16
85.0%
Cedar Hall 107 85 22
79.4%
Tarpots 102 81 21
79.4%
Planning guides

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