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Land South Of Barling Road And Rebels Lane Southend-on-sea Essex

26/00181/RSORequest for Scoping OpinionAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Outline application with all matters reserved except access for the development of two land parcels to deliver up to 3,000 residential units, local centres, education use, open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure (Request for Scoping Opinion)

Received
9 February 2026
Decision due
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southchurch
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Land South Of Barling Road And Rebels Lane Southend-on-sea Essex. Southend has handled 587 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Southchurch.

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

Application type
Request for Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
3000

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 March 2026
Decision issued
20 May 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Scoping/Screening Opinion Issued
Statutory period
21 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Southend-on-Sea
  • 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, 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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