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179 Hamlet Court Road Westcliff-on-sea Essex SS0 7EL

24/01799/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 February 2025

Council decision: Grant Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first, second and third floors from offices (Class E) to 13 bed HMO (Sui Generis), erect single storey side extension to first floor, balcony to first floor rear and side, privacy screen to first floor rear, cycle and bin store to ground rear, alter elevations (amended proposal)

Received
12 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Milton
Agent
Neobards Limited
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 179 Hamlet Court Road Westcliff-on-sea Essex SS0 7EL. Southend has handled 2,422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. The site is in the Central Historic Core conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Milton. We hold 1,220 applications in total for the SS0 postcode area.

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

Postcode
SS0 7EL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2024
Last date for comments
26 December 2024
Target decision date
23 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Neobards Limited
Architect profile
NEOBARDS LIMITED
Agent address
2 Swiss Avenue Chelmsford CM1 2AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

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

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