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Flat 1 The Boat House Clifftown Shore Western Esplanade Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1FU

26/00229/PA64PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellingsAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the existing ground floor office (Class E) to two self-contained flats (Class C3) (Prior Approval)

Received
18 February 2026
Decision due
15 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Milton
Agent
Duncan Clark and Beckett Ltd
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Flat 1 The Boat House Clifftown Shore Western Esplanade Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1FU. Southend has handled 5,232 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Milton. We hold 337 applications in total for the SS1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SS1 1FU
Application type
PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Last date for comments
15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Duncan Clark and Beckett Ltd
Architect profile
DUNCAN CLARK & BECKETT LTD
Agent address
12A William's Walk Colchester Essex CO1 1TS

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: The Esplanade Western Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1EERegister site at or near this address

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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