252 Kiln Road, Thundersley, Essex, SS7 1RR

Planning appeal 3347678 at 252 Kiln Road, Thundersley, Essex, SS7 1RR (Castle Point Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 April 2025 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the proposed parking areas and extensions to the building.

‘single side extension, double rear extension, loft conversion with dormer, conversion into 4 SC flats.’

Authority: Castle Point Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Shearing C
Postcode: SS7 1RR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the proposed parking areas and extensions to the building
whether the proposal would provide an acceptable standard of accommodation for future occupiers of Flat 1

What decided it

The substantial weight given to the harm to character and appearance caused by the parking area and loss of mature trees significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic benefit.

The significant and long-lasting harm to character and appearance from the parking arrangement and loss of trees, given substantial weight, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of delivering 3 additional residential units and economic benefit, such that the proposal did not benefit from the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: EC2RDG3RDG5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

95 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in Castle Point

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

Notice varied and upheld4 September 20263350293
The Hideaway, 23A Malyon Court Close, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1TX
Dismissed8 June 20266005397
Land Rear of 60 Church Road, Benfleet, SS7 4BP
Allowed5 June 20266005421
127 Moreland Avenue, Thundersley, SS7 4JJ
Allowed10 March 20266001714
7 St Marys Drive, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1LB
Dismissed4 February 20263365314
Land @ North End of Kale Road, Benfleet, Essex, SS71HU

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.