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53 Rectory Grove Leigh-on-Sea Essex SS9 2HA

04/00683/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 October 2004

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish car showroom, erect part three/part four storey block of 10 flats with 3 retail units at ground floor

Received
11 May 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Leigh
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 164 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 53 Rectory Grove Leigh-on-Sea Essex SS9 2HA. Southend has handled 587 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 15 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Leigh. We hold 2,526 applications in total for the SS9 postcode area.

82% of outline applications at Southend-on-Sea City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SS9 2HA
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
10
Parish
Leigh Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2004
Last date for comments
12 November 2004
Target decision date
5 July 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
25 Galton Road Westcliff-on-Sea Essex SS0 8LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Southend

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