444 High Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5AQ
Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a children's residential care home (Use Class C2) for up to two children (aged 8-17 years), with 24-hour care provided by minimum two staff members at any one time, including one waking night and one sleep-in staff member overnight, operating on a rota basis.
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Progress
Application details
- Reference
- 26/0415/FUL
- Local authority
- Castle Point
- Postcode
- SS7 5AQ
- Ward
- Appleton
- Application type
- Full
- Property type
- House
Key dates
- Submitted
- 22 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2026
- Target decision
- 24 Sept 2026
22 documents · 19 comments · 0 constraints
Estimated project value
£18k–£115k
Typical UK cost for this job type, at South East rates (2026). Estimated from the proposal description — planning applications do not state build cost. Source: trade estimate.
Recently sold nearby
New owners, recently moved in. First work on a house usually follows within months of completing. 2 recent sales are listed below.
- 418 HIGH ROAD, BENFLEET, SS7 5AQDetached · £700,0004 months ago23 Jun 2026
- 440 HIGH ROAD, BENFLEET, SS7 5AQDetached · £425,00018 months ago24 Apr 2025
- 452 HIGH ROAD, BENFLEET, SS7 5AQDetached · £360,0002 years ago20 Sept 2024
- 426 HIGH ROAD, BENFLEET, SS7 5AQSemi-detached · £318,0002 years ago28 Aug 2024
- 424 HIGH ROAD, BENFLEET, SS7 5AQSemi-detached · £432,5002 years ago14 Jun 2024
- 444 HIGH ROAD, BENFLEET, SS7 5AQDetached · £420,0006 years ago5 May 2020
- 424A HIGH ROAD, BENFLEET, SS7 5AQSemi-detached · £330,0006 years ago11 Dec 2019
- 430 HIGH ROAD, BENFLEET, SS7 5AQSemi-detached · £275,0007 years ago16 Aug 2019
Homes here go for about £390,000 — the median of the last 8 market sales in SS7 5AQ, £275,000 to £700,000.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sales are matched by postcode, not by property, so a sale listed here may be a neighbouring address. England and Wales only.
Planning constraints
No designations recorded at this location. This is not a formal search — always confirm with the local authority before relying on it.
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