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Sea Life Adventure Centre Eastern Esplanade Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 2ER

25/01738/AMDTMinor AmendmentRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 26 February 2026

Council decision: Refuse PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Application to vary conditions 02 (Approved Plans) Replace the drawings 162CP01- REV C,162CP02- REV A, 162CP03- REV D with updated drawings 162CP01- REV E,162CP02- REV B, 162CP03- REV F (Material Amendment of Planning Permission 24/00873/BC4 dated 10/09/2025)

Received
10 December 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kursaal
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Sea Life Adventure Centre Eastern Esplanade Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 2ER. Southend has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 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 Kursaal. We hold 339 applications in total for the SS1 postcode area.

77% of amendment 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
SS1 2ER
Application type
Minor Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Last date for comments
8 January 2026
Target decision date
4 February 2026
Committee meeting
25 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
SKArchitects
Architect profile
SKARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
1 Nelson Street Southend-on-Sea SS1 1EF

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.

  • Brownfield land register: 6 (The Britannia) Eastern Esplanade, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, SS1 2ERRegister 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

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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