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135 - 137 Victoria Avenue Southend-on-sea Essex SS2 6EL

26/00003/PA64PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellingsRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 24 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused COUDelegated (officer decision)

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 ground and first floors from offices (Class E) to 2 self-contained flats (Class C3) (Prior Approval)

Received
2 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Victoria
Agent
Edith Garland Architecture
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 135 - 137 Victoria Avenue Southend-on-sea Essex SS2 6EL. Southend has handled 5,245 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 44 applications across Victoria. We hold 390 applications in total for the SS2 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SS2 6EL
Application type
PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 February 2026
Target decision date
27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Edith Garland Architecture
Architect profile
EDITH GARLAND ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
1094 London Road Leigh-on-Sea Essex SS9 2AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Prittlewell Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • 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, 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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