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Elkington House 9 Imperial Avenue Westcliff-on-sea Essex SS0 8NE

23/01298/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 27 October 2023

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish existing building and erect three storey building containing nine self contained flats with associated amenity space and parking (amended proposal)

Received
4 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
Agent
Third Dimension Arch. Design Ltd
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Elkington House 9 Imperial Avenue Westcliff-on-sea Essex SS0 8NE. Southend has handled 2,422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Chalkwell. We hold 1,221 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 8NE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2023
Last date for comments
23 October 2023
Target decision date
27 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Third Dimension Arch. Design Ltd
Agent address
First Floor Cherry Orchard House Cherry Orchard Way Rochford SS4 1PP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 13 - 15 (St Hildas School) Imperial Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 8NERegister 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.

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

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Apr

    Application to vary Condition 02 (Approved Plans) and Condition 08 (Car park Layout) to allow amendments to…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/00552/AMDT
  2. 2026
    12 Jan

    Application to vary condition 02 (approved plans) to substitute revised drawings incorporating use of roof…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/00041/AMDT
  3. 2025
    31 Oct

    Internal and external alterations and form room in roof (Non-material amendment to planning permission…

    RefusedNon-material amendment25/01534/NON
  4. 2025
    13 Sep

    Reduce all round by 1.5m to one Robinia Pseudoacacia Tree (T1) to front (Application for works to Trees…

    ApprovedTree(s) subject to TPO25/01289/TPO
  5. 2025
    15 Aug

    Application for approval of details pursuant to condition 07 (10% Renewable Energy) of planning permission…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/01154/AD
  6. 2025
    5 May

    Application for approval of details pursuant to conditions 03 (details of materials), 05 (refuse and…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/00670/AD

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