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Leigh Library Gardens Broadway West Leigh-on-sea Essex

24/00111/BC4Borough Council Regulation 4Refused

Refused on 5 April 2024

Council decision: Refuse PermissionPlanning committee

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Proposal

Change of use from public hall (Class F1) to mixed use public hall, office and therapy practice (Sui Generis)

Received
22 January 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Leigh
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated1 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided5 Apr

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Leigh Library Gardens Broadway West Leigh-on-sea Essex. Southend has handled 52 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. The site is in the Leigh conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Leigh.

83% of all 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

Application type
Borough Council Regulation 4
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 February 2024
Last date for comments
4 April 2024
Target decision date
28 March 2024
Committee meeting
3 April 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
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Leigh Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Leigh LibraryOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: Southend

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