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19 Palmerston Road Westcliff-on-sea Essex

24/00885/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 20 August 2024

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of 3 self-contained flats (Class C3) to 11 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis), bin storage to front, cycle storage to rear and install Automatic Opening Vent (AOV) to rear elevation

Received
31 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
Agent
Windsor & Patania Architecture and Developments
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 19 Palmerston Road Westcliff-on-sea Essex. Southend has handled 2,422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. The site is in the Darlington Town Centre conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Chalkwell.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2024
Last date for comments
31 July 2024
Target decision date
20 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Windsor & Patania Architecture and Developments
Agent address
80 Compair Crescent Ipswich IP2 0EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3362518
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 July 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: The Leas Conservation Area
  • 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, 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.

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Source: Southend

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