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United Methodist Church St Andrews Road Shoeburyness Southend-on-sea Essex SS3 9HX

25/01374/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 1 December 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a Church (Class F1(f)) to a Day Nursery (Class E(f)), alter elevations, layout parking, cycle store, refuse store and erect fencing

Received
29 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Shoebury
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at United Methodist Church St Andrews Road Shoeburyness Southend-on-sea Essex SS3 9HX. Southend has handled 2,422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Southend's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across West Shoebury. We hold 530 applications in total for the SS3 postcode area.

85% 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
SS3 9HX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2025
Last date for comments
30 October 2025
Target decision date
24 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bradley McClure
Architect profile
BRADLEY MCCLURE ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
186 Lisburn Road Belfast Co. Antrim BT6 6AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6004861
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 18 May 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
6004804
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 24 April 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 22 (The Eagle Working Mans Club) Seaview Road, Shoeburyness, Essex, SS3 9DXRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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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.

© 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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