Post Office 199 - 203 High Street Southend-on-Sea Essex SS1 1LL
Approved on 30 October 2020
Council decision: Grant Lawful Dev Certificate (Proposed)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use to existing ground floor retail use (Class A1) to Cafe/Restaurant (Class A3) (Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed)
- Received
- 4 September 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Ward
- Milton
- Agent
- Planning & Development Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived4 Sep
- ValidatedValidated4 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Oct
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Post Office 199 - 203 High Street Southend-on-Sea Essex SS1 1LL. Southend has handled 587 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Milton. We hold 334 applications in total for the SS1 postcode area.
82% of outline 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
- SS1 1LL
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Dev Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 September 2020
- Target decision date
- 30 October 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Planning & Development Associates Ltd
- Agent address
- 118 Pall Mall London SWIY 5ED
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 195 - 197 High Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1LLRegister 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202621 May
Application for approval of details pursuant to condition 05 (noise survey) of planning permission…
PendingAdvertisement consent26/00700/AD - 202616 Jan
Application to vary Condition 02 (Approved Plans) to substitute approved ground, first and second floor plans…
ApprovedNon-material amendment26/00065/AMDT - 202517 Dec
Install two internally illuminated fascia signs and one internally illuminated projecting sign
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/01775/ADV - 20206 May
Application to vary condition 02 (Approved Plans) and condition 04 (Location of Refuse Storage) - amendments…
ApprovedNon-material amendment20/00715/AMDT
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