31 Cheltenham Drive Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 3EQ

26/00424/FULHFullApproved

Approved on 22 May 2026

Council decision: Grant Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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

Proposal

Erect roof extension with rear dormer to create habitable accommodation in the loftspace, erect first floor side extension and alter elevations

Received: 30 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Southend-on-Sea City Council

ReceivedReceived30 Mar
ValidatedValidated30 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided22 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 31 Cheltenham Drive Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 3EQ. Southend has handled 2,422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Southend's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Blenheim Park. We hold 2,526 applications in total for the SS9 postcode area.

84% of full 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: SS9 3EQ
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile: ABG ARCHITECTURE LTD

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (22)

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, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Southend

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