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238 Churchill South Plaza Centre Southend-on-sea Essex SS2 5SD

23/01251/BC4Borough Council Regulation 4Pending Decision

Proposal

Change of use from milkshake parlour (Class E) to tattoo studio (Sui Generis)

Received
25 July 2023
Decided
30 October 2023 · Grant Conditional Permission
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Victoria
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.5 Oct
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Southend86% of other applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a planning application for a change of use at 238 Churchill South Plaza Centre Southend-on-sea Essex SS2 5SD. Southend has handled 52 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 62 days. This one was decided in 97 days, 5 weeks longer than Southend's median. 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
23/01251/BC4
Address
238 Churchill South Plaza Centre Southend-on-sea Essex SS2 5SD
Postcode
SS2 5SD
Local Authority
Southend
Application Type
Borough Council Regulation 4
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Conditions
Ward
Victoria

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
25 July 2023
Target Decision Date
30 October 2023
Date Decided
30 October 2023
Date Validated
4 September 2023
Date Submitted
25 July 2023
Last Date for Comments
5 October 2023

Planning Decision

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

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
8
Coordinates
51.540310, 0.712958
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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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