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Shoeburyness Gas Holder Station Elm Road Shoeburyness Essex

25/00922/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Conditional PermissionCalled In by member

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use of former gas works station (Sui Generis) to a self storage business (Class B8) comprising both storage container units and a designated yard for open air storage, erect 10 meter area lights install ancillary development, including toilet block, waste store and interior fencing

Received
27 June 2025
Decision level
Called In by member
Ward
Shoeburyness
Agent
Stone Me Ltd
  1. Received27 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 260 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Shoeburyness Gas Holder Station Elm Road Shoeburyness Essex. Southend has handled 2,422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 273 days, 31 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Shoeburyness.

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
10 July 2025
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
4 September 2025
Committee meeting
25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stone Me Ltd
Architect profile
STONE ME LIMITED
Agent address
5 Fountain Lane Hockley SS5 4ST

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.

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