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555 London Road Westcliff-On-Sea Essex SS0 9LJ

20/00139/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 24 March 2020

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Demolish existing buildings and erect part three/part four storey building comprising one commercial unit at ground floor (Class A1),nine self-contained flats above with balconies, form refuse and cycle storage, layout undercroft parking to rear and alter vehicular access onto Northview Drive (Amended Proposal)

Received
28 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westborough
Agent
APS Design Associates Ltd
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 555 London Road Westcliff-On-Sea Essex SS0 9LJ. Southend has handled 2,422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Westborough. We hold 1,220 applications in total for the SS0 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
SS0 9LJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2020
Last date for comments
28 February 2020
Target decision date
24 March 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
APS Design Associates Ltd
Agent address
1 Cambridge Road (rear) Nelson Street Southend-on-Sea SS1 1ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
20/00034/REFN

Appeal history

3263984
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 23 May 2022Dev Type: Minor traveller and caravan pitchesReason: Refusal
3250922
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 January 2021Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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