Spiceboat 1231 London Road Leigh-On-Sea Essex SS9 3JA
Approved on 18 May 2020
Council decision: COU Prior App GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use to rear part of ground floor retail/staff office area (Class A1) to form one self contained flat (Class C3) with associated works (Prior Approval)
- Received
- 20 March 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Ward
- Belfairs
- Agent
- Design Associates
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation24 Apr
- TargetTarget Date19 May
- DecidedDecided18 May
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Spiceboat 1231 London Road Leigh-On-Sea Essex SS9 3JA. Southend has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Southend's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Belfairs. We hold 2,526 applications in total for the SS9 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- SS9 3JA
- Application type
- Prior Approval Change of Use Part 3
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Leigh Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2020
- Last date for comments
- 24 April 2020
- Target decision date
- 19 May 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Design Associates
- Agent address
- 92 London Road Southend-On-Sea Essex SS1 1PG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20213 Mar
Change of use of retail/storage to rear (Class E) to form one self contained flat (Class C3) with associated…
ApprovedPrior Approval Change of Use Part 321/00478/PA3COU - 20213 Mar
Change of use of storage to rear (Class E) to form one self contained flat (Class C3) with associated works…
ApprovedPrior Approval Change of Use Part 321/00479/PA3COU - 202029 Dec
Change of use of retail/storage to rear (Class E) to form two self-contained flats (Class C3) with associated…
RefusedPrior Approval Change of Use Part 321/00017/PA3COU
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