Your Community, Your Views

Welcome to the Castle Point Engagement and Consultation Hub.

This site shows you opportunities to get involved and have your say on things in Castle Point that matter to you.

Live and recently updated activities are displayed below or you can search the full list of activities by keyword, postcode, interest and more.

 

Closed activities

  • Castle Point Plan Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report and Initial Assessment of Strategic Options

    In preparing the Castle Point Plan the Council must ensure that the proposals it sets out will achieve relevant environmental, economic and social objectives. The Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report and Initial Assessment of Strategic Options identifies a framework to assess emerging plans, policies, proposals and reasonable alternatives in the...

    Closed 16 September 2024

  • Castle Point Plan Equality Impact Assessment Scoping Report

    The Castle Point Plan is for everybody who lives in, or will live in Castle Point over the next 20 years. It is therefore important that we ensure that it makes provision for everyone regardless of their characteristics. The Equality Act 2010 requires the Council to ensure that all its policies, including the Castle Point Plan: Eliminate discrimination, harrassment and...

    Closed 16 September 2024

  • Castle Point Plan Habitats Regulations Assessment Scoping Report

    In preparing the Castle Point Plan the Council must ensure that the proposals it sets out will not cause harm to the integrity of Habitats Sites. Habitats Sites are those sites which are designated under the Habitats Regulations, and locally include the Benfleet and Southend Marshes Special Protection Area. The Habitats Regulations Assessment Scoping Report identifies the sites that...

    Closed 16 September 2024

  • South Benfleet Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan and Design Code

    The South Benfleet Conservation Area is a valued area of heritage in the borough. As such it is important to manage the area effectively. As a consequence of this a South Benfleet Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan has been prepared, which once complete, will supersede the existing Character Appraisal and Management Plan . This appraisal is designed to enhance the...

    Closed 16 September 2024

  • Call for Sites

    Following an initial Call for Sites in early 2024, we are inviting the submission of further sites within the borough that may be suitable for the following uses: Housing and other residential uses – including specialist housing Commercial - including employment and retail Infrastructure – including community uses Green infrastructure -...

    Closed 16 September 2024

We asked, you said, we did

Below are outcomes for some of the issues we've recently asked about.

We asked

We asked you to tell us about the area in which you live.

You said

You Described your area as:

  • Friendly,
  • Congested,
  • Good Community,                                                                   
  • Quiet(Environment),
  • Busy(Traffic).

Told us what was important to you as:

  • Green Spaces,
  • Being Safe,
  • Open Spaces,                                                 
  • Green Belt Protection,
  • Shops.

What you would change if you could as:

  • Road Maintenance,
  • Stop Development,                                                 
  • Pot Holes,
  • Road Improvements,
  • Traffic Reduction. 

Anything Else about your area as:

  • Congested,
  • Stop Development,
  • Green Belt Protection,
  • Pot Holes,
  • Road Condition.

We did

We analysed the responses and published an Initial Engagement Outcomes report revealing how the community feel’s about where they live.

Initial Engagement Outcomes report 2023

We will use these responses to prepare the Castle Point Plan and will engage on the options for addressing the issues raised in the summer of 2024.