Alexander House 21 Victoria Avenue Southend-on-sea Essex
Proposal
Demolish existing car park to rear, erect extensions to front and rear of existing building to create new wings, erect two additional storeys to the top of the existing building and change use of office building (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to provide 557 self-contained flats, with balconies or terraces and communal amenity space across rooftop gardens, provide 875sqm of commercial floorspace (Use Classes E) at ground floor level, 299 parking spaces within a basement, ground and first floor car park accessed from Baxter Avenue with associated cycle storage, close existing vehicular access on to Victoria Avenue and reinstate footway, form loading bays, alterations to highway, public realm alterations and associated landscaping
- Received
- 18 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Ward
- Victoria
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- ReceivedReceived18 Oct
- ValidatedValidated3 Nov
- Consult.Consultation31 Oct
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided
This is a full planning application for an extension at Alexander House 21 Victoria Avenue Southend-on-sea Essex. Southend has handled 2,423 applications of this type and approves 73% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. It was submitted on 18 October 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Victoria.
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