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8 Rockleigh Avenue Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 1LA

24/00077/CLPCertificate of Lawful Use Dev ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 13 March 2024

Council decision: Refuse Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Dormer to rear to form habitable accommodation in loft space, three roof lights to front (Lawful development certificate - proposed)

Received
17 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received17 Jan
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 8 Rockleigh Avenue Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 1LA. 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 58 applications across Chalkwell. We hold 2,526 applications in total for the SS9 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
SS9 1LA
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Dev Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2024
Target decision date
13 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
54 Love Lane Rayleigh Essex SS6 7DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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