West Leigh Baptist Church Lymington Avenue Leigh-On-Sea Essex SS9 2AJ

19/01646/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 9 January 2020

Council decision: Grant Conditional PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolish existing rear memorial hall and erect replacement two storey hall with office space in roof linked to existing Church, erect single storey extension to front entrance and install ramp to improve access from London Road, form central courtyard with landscaping and lay out parking spaces

Received: 9 September 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Southend-on-Sea City Council
Ward: Leigh

ReceivedReceived9 Sep
ValidatedValidated9 Sep
Consult.Consultation18 Nov
TargetTarget Date4 Nov
DecidedDecided9 Jan

Decided in 122 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at West Leigh Baptist Church Lymington Avenue Leigh-On-Sea Essex SS9 2AJ. Southend has handled 2,422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 9 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. The site is in the Little Tew conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2AJ
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Leigh Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 September 2019
Last date for comments: 18 November 2019
Target decision date: 4 November 2019
Committee meeting: 8 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 23 Bellingham Lane Rayleigh Essex SS6 7ED

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 23

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.

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