2 West Street, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1AJ
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of Class E First floor offices and part of storage of shop to C3 dwellings
- Received
- 17 August 2026
- Decided
- 12 October 2026 · Prior Approval Required - Refused
- Council
- Rochford District Council
- Ward
- Roche South
- ReceivedSubmitted17 Aug
- ValidatedValidated17 Aug
- Consult.Consultation16 Sep
- TargetTarget Date12 Oct
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
This is a planning application for a change of use at 2 West Street, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1AJ. Rochford has handled 1 application of this type and approves very few of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Roche South. We hold 113 applications in total for the SS4 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Rochford CA
- Brownfield land register: 11 West Street Rochford SS4 1BERegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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