General Evidence Documents
General Evidence Documents
The following evidence documents have been created over the years by the Council or by partners, such as the Environment Agency and Essex Coiunty Council. They are useful documents that have been used in the past to help the Council gain a greater understanding of the context of the borough from open spaces and flood risk to retail studies and infrastructure.
Over the next few years the Council will be updating elements of the evidence documents below and undertaking further evidence work to inform the contents of the emerging Castle Point Plan.
Climate change and flood risk
South Essex Flood Catchment Management Plan 2009 [pdf] 1MB
South Essex Water Cycle Study 2011 [pdf] 25MB
South Essex Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level One and Appendices
South Essex Surface Water Management Plan 2012 [pdf] 6MB
South Essex Surface Water Management Plan 2012 Appendix-A1 2012 [pdf] 189KB
South Essex Surface Water Management Plan 2012 Appendix-A2 2012 [pdf] 5MB
South Essex Surface Water Management Plan 2012 Appendix-A3 2012 [pdf] 6MB
South Essex Surface Water Management Plan 2012 Appendix-E2 2012 [pdf] 722KB
South Essex Surface Water Management Plan 2012 Appendix-F1 2012 [pdf] 28KB
South Essex Surface Water Management Plan 2012 Appendix-F3 2012 [pdf] 31KB
South Essex Surface Water Management Plan 2012 Phases-2-3-and-4 2012 [pdf] 6MB
South Essex Surface Water Management Plan 2012 Revised-Appendix-C 2012 [pdf] 27MB
Economy and retail
South Essex Economic Development Needs Assessment 2017 [pdf] 3MB
South Essex Retail Study 2017 [pdf] 1MB
South Essex Retail Study Volume 2 - Appendices 2017 [pdf] 3MB
South Essex Retail Study Volume 3 - Household Survey 2017 [pdf] 2MB
Retail and Leisure Study 2017 [pdf] 2MB
Retail and Leisure Study Appendix B 2017 [pdf] 32KB
Retail and Leisure Study Appendix C 2017 [pdf] 3MB
Shopping Frontages Assessment 2019 [pdf] 546KB
Environmental quality
Castle Point Annual Air Quality Status Reports
Castle Point Wildlife Site Review 2012 [pdf] 5MB
Local Wildlife Site Review 2019 [pdf] 745KB
Strategic Biodiversity Assessment 2019 [pdf] 2MB
South Essex Blue and Green Infrastructure Strategy and Appendices 2020
Green Belt
Green Belt Review Part One 2018 [pdf] 7MB
Health and wellbeing
Castle Point Borough Open Space Appraisal 2012 [pdf] 29MB
Leisure and Recreation Strategy 2015 [pdf] 6MB
Castle Point Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) Assessment Report 2018 [pdf] 3MB
Sport and Leisure Facilities Needs Assessment Castle Point Borough Council 2018 [pdf] 4MB
Castle Point Local Football Facility Plan 2018 [pdf] 4MB
Castle Point Regeneration Framework 2011 [pdf] 2MB
Indoor Built Facilities Strategy and Action Plan 2022 Update. [pdf] 453KB
Indoor Built Facilities Strategy and Action Plan 2023 Update [pdf] 482KB
Playing Pitch Strategy and Action Plan 2022 Update.[pdf] 1MB
Playing Pitch Strategy and Action Plan 2023 Update [pdf] 1MB
Housing and accommodation
Greater Essex Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment 2018 [pdf] 1MB
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Update Report 2018 [pdf] 225KB
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Schedule of Sites 2018 [pdf] 2MB
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) Mapping Report 2018 [pdf] 23MB
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) Viability Report 2018 [pdf] 414KB
Castle Point Windfall Allowance 2021 [pdf] 616KB
Extant Housing Permissions at April 2021 [pdf] 122KB
Housing Completions at April 2021 [pdf] 143KB
Local Housing Needs Assessment 2023 [pdf] 2MB
Urban design and the historic environment
Castle Point Borough Urban Design Characterisation 2013 [pdf] 104KB
Heritage Impact Assessment - HO32 2020 [pdf] 4MB
Essex County Council Policies, Guidance, Evidence and Strategies
Essex County Council Interactive Flood Risk Map
Essex County Council Sustainable Drainage Systems Design Guidance 2020 [pdf] 5MB
Essex County Council Developers' Guide to Infrastructure Contributions 2020
Economic Plan for Essex 2014 [pdf] 2MB
Essex Green Infrastructure Strategy 2020 [pdf] 10MB
Essex County Council County Strategy 2017 [pdf] 183KB
Essex County Council Adult Social Care Market Position Statement 2015 [pdf] 5MB
School Organisation and Place Planning
21st Century Digital Essex 2011 [pdf] 1MB
Essex County Council Cycling Strategy 2016 [pdf] 3MB
Sustainable Modes of Travel Strategy 2019 [pdf] 2MB
Castle Point Borough Cycling Action Plan 2018 [pdf] 4MB
A127 A Corridor for Growth An Economic Plan 2014 [pdf] 2MB
Access to Canvey Study 2017 [pdf] 2MB
Section 19 Flood Investigation Reports
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and District Profile Reports
Other Organisations Policies, Guidance, Evidence and Strategies
Coastal Communities Initiative Canvey Island Economic Plan 2017 [pdf] 2MB
Health Effects of Climate Change 2012
Thames River Basin District: River Basin Management Plan
The Road to Zero 2018 [pdf] 6MB
Canvey Island Six Point Plan 2015 [pdf] 1MB
South Essex Green Grid Strategy 2005 [pdf] 7MB
UK post-2012 Biodiversity Framework 2010 [pdf] 580KB
Essex Biodiversity Action Plan 2011 [pdf] 2MB
Natural England Green Infrastructure Guidance 2014 [pdf] 3MB
Planning Advice for Developments near Hazardous Installations (PADHI)
Hadleigh and Daws Heath Living Landscape Scheme [pdf] 2MB
Central South Essex Marshes Living Landscape [pdf] 940KB
The Marmot Review 2010 [pdf] 25MB
Adult Obesity 2018 - Public Health England
Castle Point and Rochford Locality Estates Strategy 2018 [pdf] 1MB
Essex Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2018 [pdf] 1MB
International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) Guidelines 1998 [pdf] 759KB
Broadband Impact Study 2013 [pdf] 1MB
Digital Communications Infrastructure Strategy
Outdoor advertisements and signs a guide for advertisers 2007 [pdf] 1MB
Thames Gateway Historic Environment Characterisation Study 2007 [pdf] 2MB
Active Design - Planning for Health and Wellbeing through Sport and Physical Activity