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81 Cheltenham Drive Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 3EQ

25/01596/CLPCertificate of Lawful Use Dev ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 January 2026

Council decision: Grant Lawful Dev Certificate (Proposed)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Hip to gable loft conversion with dormer to rear to form habitable accommodation in roof space, rooflights to front and alteration to side elevation (Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed)

Received
13 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blenheim Park
Agent
Doodle Architectural Design
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 81 Cheltenham Drive Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 3EQ. Southend has handled 587 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Southend's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Blenheim Park. 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 3EQ
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Dev Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025
Target decision date
8 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Doodle Architectural Design
Architect profile
DOODLE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LTD
Agent address
51 Park Gardens Hockley Essex SS5 4HF

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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