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1 - 5 Nelson Street Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1EF

26/00025/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Listed Building ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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

Part change of use from offices (Class E) to 9 residential units (Class C3) on all levels with commercial space (Class E) retained at ground and basement levels, install rooflights and solar panels, layout parking, bin and bike store and extension of lightwell to rear, alterations to elevations and interior of the buildings (amended proposal) (Listed Building Consent)

Received
7 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Milton
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 1 - 5 Nelson Street Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1EF. Southend has handled 53 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Southend's typical decision time. The site is in the Clifftown conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Milton. We hold 334 applications in total for the SS1 postcode area.

73% of heritage applications at Southend-on-Sea City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
SS1 1EF
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Last date for comments
12 February 2026
Target decision date
4 March 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 that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Clifftown Conservation Area
  • 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.

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  2. 2026
    7 Jan

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