The Ship Hotel New Road Leigh-On-Sea Essex SS9 2EA

19/01540/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 7 November 2019

Council decision: Grant Conditional PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of former Public House (Class A4) to 15 bedroom Hotel (C1), erect 2 storey side extension to west side of building, raise roof ridge height and erect second floor rear extension, refurbish and alter elevations, install railings to terrace areas and balconies, erect external fire escape staircase to rear, repair existing boundary wall to front, layout 7 parking spaces and form hotel drop off point to front (Amended Proposal)

Received: 21 August 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Southend-on-Sea City Council
Ward: Leigh
Agent: Stone Me Ltd

ReceivedReceived21 Aug
ValidatedValidated21 Aug
Consult.Consultation4 Oct
TargetTarget Date16 Oct
DecidedDecided7 Nov

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at The Ship Hotel New Road Leigh-On-Sea Essex SS9 2EA. Southend has handled 2,422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. 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.

84% of full 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 2EA
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Leigh Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 August 2019
Last date for comments: 4 October 2019
Target decision date: 16 October 2019
Committee meeting: 6 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: Stone Me Ltd
Architect profile: STONE ME LIMITED
Agent address: 5 Fountain Lane Hockley Essex SS5 4ST

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal history

3261202

Unknown

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 24 January 2022Dev Type: Minor traveller and caravan pitchesReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents: 43

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Leigh Conservation Area
Brownfield land register: 20 (The Bell Hotel And Land Adjacent) Leigh Hill, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 2DNRegister 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 (20)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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