Chalkwell Lawns 648 - 656 London Road Westcliff-on-sea Essex

25/01469/PA64PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellingsApproved

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: COU Prior App GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of ground, first, second and third floors from commercial (Class E) to 32no. residential dwellings (Class C3)

Received: 20 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Southend-on-Sea City Council
Ward: Chalkwell

ReceivedReceived20 Oct
ValidatedValidated20 Oct
Consult.Consultation24 Nov
TargetTarget Date15 Dec
DecidedDecided1 May

Decided in 193 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Chalkwell Lawns 648 - 656 London Road Westcliff-on-sea Essex. Southend has handled 5,232 applications of this type. This one was decided in 193 days, 20 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Chalkwell.

Application details

Application type: PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellings
Scale / size: Medium
Number of dwellings: 32

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 October 2025
Last date for comments: 24 November 2025
Target decision date: 15 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Sphere 25
Agent address: 5 Rayleigh Road Shenfield Brentwood CM13 1AB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: 658 London Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 9HQRegister 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.

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Source: Southend

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