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Dismissed7 November 20253353283

59 Gainsborough Avenue, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7LX

Planning appeal 3353283 at 59 Gainsborough Avenue, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7LX (Castle Point Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 November 2025 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded.

‘Replacement boundary treatment to Matching Brick wall with a height no greater than previously existed (part retrospective) Bricks to match existing house’

Authority
Castle Point Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Douglas L
Postcode
SS8 7LX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded

What decided it

The proposed development comprises erection or construction of a new wall rather than maintenance or alteration of the existing boundary treatment, and therefore falls outside the permitted development rights under Class A because its height would exceed 1m adjacent to a highway used by vehicular traffic.

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