Skip to content

Empire Theatre Alexandra Street Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1BU

23/02019/OUTMOutline Application MajorRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 20 March 2024

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Erect 5 and 6 storey building comprising of 27 self-contained flats (Class C3) with commercial space to ground floor level (class E), first floor community/residential space with first floor amenity deck, ancillary bike and bin stores and landscaping including street trees (Outline Application)

Received
20 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Milton
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Empire Theatre Alexandra Street Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1BU. Southend has handled 587 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
SS1 1BU
Application type
Outline Application Major
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
27

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2023
Last date for comments
14 March 2024
Target decision date
20 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
SKArchitects
Architect profile
SKARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
853-855 London Road Westcliff on Sea SS0 9SZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/00052/REFN

Appeal history

3343715
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 May 2025Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Southend

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near SS1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report