193 Elmsleigh Drive Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 4JH

25/00373/CLPCertificate of Lawful Use Dev ProposedRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 26 June 2025

Council decision: Refuse Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from nail salon (Class E) to childrens day centre for holistic learning (Class E) (Certificate of Lawful Development - Proposed)

Received: 12 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Southend-on-Sea City Council
Ward: Belfairs

ReceivedReceived12 Mar
ValidatedValidated28 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 Jun
DecidedDecided26 Jun

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 193 Elmsleigh Drive Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 4JH. Southend has handled 587 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Belfairs. 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 4JH
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use Dev Proposed
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 April 2025
Target decision date: 23 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

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.

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© 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.

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Source: Southend

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