483 - 485 London Road Westcliff-On-Sea Essex

19/00914/PA3COUPrior Approval Change of Use Part 3Approved

Prior approval

Approved on 23 August 2019

Council decision: COU Prior App GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of first and second floors from Office (Class B1a) to 2 self contained flats (Class C3)

Received: 15 May 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Southend-on-Sea City Council
Ward: Westborough
Agent: Livarch Ltd

ReceivedReceived15 May
ValidatedValidated1 Jul
Consult.Consultation24 Jul
TargetTarget Date26 Aug
DecidedDecided23 Aug

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 483 - 485 London Road Westcliff-On-Sea Essex. Southend has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Westborough.

77% of amendment 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

Application type: Prior Approval Change of Use Part 3
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 July 2019
Last date for comments: 24 July 2019
Target decision date: 26 August 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: Livarch Ltd
Architect profile: LIVARCH LIMITED
Agent address: 15 Colombo Road Ilford Essex IG1 4RH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 17

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.

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Source: Southend

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