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350 Chartwell Square Plaza Centre Southend-On-Sea Essex SS2 5SP

19/02103/FULFull ApplicationPending Decision
Full

Proposal

Change of Use from vacant Retail Shop (Class A1) to Fitness Centre (Class D2) in The Victoria Shopping Centre

Received
18 November 2019
Decided
13 January 2020 · Grant Conditional Permission
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Victoria
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Southend85% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 350 Chartwell Square Plaza Centre Southend-On-Sea Essex SS2 5SP. Southend has handled 2,423 applications of this type and approves 73% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 56 days, 3 days quicker than Southend's median. The site is in the Wethersfield conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Victoria. We hold 381 applications in total for the SS2 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
19/02103/FUL
Address
350 Chartwell Square Plaza Centre Southend-On-Sea Essex SS2 5SP
Postcode
SS2 5SP
Local Authority
Southend
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Conditions
Ward
Victoria

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Smart Planning Ltd
Agent Address
Old School House Rettendon Turnpike Battlesbridge Wickford SS11 7QL

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
18 November 2019
Target Decision Date
13 January 2020
Date Decided
13 January 2020
Date Validated
18 November 2019
Date Submitted
18 November 2019
Last Date for Comments
26 December 2019

Planning Decision

Decision
Grant Conditional Permission
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
14
Coordinates
51.540730, 0.713098
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Southend

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Chartwell House Chartwell Square (Plaza Centre), Southend-On-Sea, Essex, SS2 5SPRegister 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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