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Castle Point: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Castle Point Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of ESS. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Essex County Council. ONS code E07000069.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Transport

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Council tax

Band D set by Castle Point for 2026–27: £298.80 of a £2,318.63 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 fresh start), 1 closed (1 fresh start)

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s table has no figures for Castle Point for 2026–27: “RA return not received in time for publication.” The table

Life in Castle Point: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: Castle Point.

People living here
90,613 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
46 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£26,682 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£712 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
24.4% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.5% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£357,241 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
8.6 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Greenhouse gases, per person
3.2 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
89.2% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
42.0 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
3,620 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Castle Point from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

39 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of CIIP and PIP. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: The People's Independent Party 24, Canvey Island Independent Party 14, Reform UK 1.

Next scheduled council election: 4 May 2028.

All 39 councillors, by ward
  • Diana Jones (The People's Independent Party) — Appleton
  • Lorraine Larman (The People's Independent Party) — Appleton
  • Lynsey McCarthy-Calvert (The People's Independent Party) — Appleton
  • Jamie Huntman (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island Central
  • Lorraine Breading (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island Central
  • Peter May (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island Central
  • Carole Sach (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island East
  • Grace Watson (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island East
  • Susan Brooke (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island East
  • Dave Blackwell (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island North
  • Michael Fuller (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island North
  • Nick Harvey (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island North
  • Barry Campagna (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island South
  • Barry Palmer (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island South
  • Janice Payne (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island South
  • David Thomas (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island Winter Gardens
  • Graham Withers (Canvey Island Independent Party) — Canvey Island Winter Gardens
  • Reece Langley (Reform UK) — Canvey Island Winter Gardens
  • Aimme Harbinson (The People's Independent Party) — Hadleigh St James
  • Duncan Macpherson (The People's Independent Party) — Hadleigh St James
  • Kate Knott (The People's Independent Party) — Hadleigh St James
  • Dean Silk (The People's Independent Party) — St George's
  • Nanine Pachy (The People's Independent Party) — St George's
  • Nicola Benson (The People's Independent Party) — St George's
  • Rob Lillis (The People's Independent Party) — St Mary's
  • Russell Savage (The People's Independent Party) — St Mary's
  • Sharon Ainsley (The People's Independent Party) — St Mary's
  • John Knott (The People's Independent Party) — St Michael's
  • Timothy Copsey (The People's Independent Party) — St Michael's
  • Warren Gibson (The People's Independent Party) — St Michael's
  • Benn Wimbledon (The People's Independent Party) — Tarpots
  • Kieron Bowker (The People's Independent Party) — Tarpots
  • Michael Dearson (The People's Independent Party) — Tarpots
  • Gareth Howlett (The People's Independent Party) — Thundersley North
  • Stephen Mountford (The People's Independent Party) — Thundersley North
  • Tom Gibson (The People's Independent Party) — Thundersley North
  • Allan Edwards (The People's Independent Party) — Thundersley South
  • Laurie Dixon (The People's Independent Party) — Thundersley South
  • Matthew Cortes (The People's Independent Party) — Thundersley South

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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Cite this page

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.