Southend-on-Sea planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Southend-on-Sea City Council, updated daily. Southend-on-Sea City Council received 308 planning applications in the last 90 days, 1 of them major schemes. 86% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 56 days.
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Recent applications in Southend-on-Sea
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
22 Woodside Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 4QU
Single detached dwelling with site infrastructure, Leigh-on-Sea. Demolishes outbuildings and erects one new house with parking and landscaping at full application stage. Groundworks, drainage and frame packages suit volume suppliers; vehicle crossover works complete the scope.
DemolitionGroundworksStructural frame
Southend YMCA 85 Ambleside Drive Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 2FY
Single-storey ancillary office building for YMCA, Southend. Erects a new front office wing and relocates rear parking at full application stage. M&E, cladding and groundworks suit subcontractors, with parking surfacing following.
GroundworksStructural frameCladding
14A To 14C And 15A To 15C Hamlet Court Mews Westcliff-on-sea Essex
Curtain walling and insulation replacement on multi-unit residential block, Westcliff. Replaces glazed walling to two projecting bays and removes combustible insulation with new cavity barriers at full application stage. Glazing, cladding and fire-rated barrier materials drive the specification for…
GlazingCladdingFaçade repair
Post Office Short Street Southend-on-sea Essex SS2 5BY
1,422-module solar array on a Southend Post Office roof. Installs monocrystalline PV panels over pitched roof under permitted-development prior approval. Electrical design, inverter provision and grid connection are the live packages for renewable specialists.
RenewablesM&E
179 Carlingford Drive Westcliff-on-sea Essex SS0 0SE
9-bed HMO conversion with roof raising and rear extension, Southend. Single dwelling reconfigured for multiple occupation via loft conversion, roof alteration and rear extension at full application stage. Structural steelwork over new openings, loft joinery, fire compartmentation and M&E rewiring…
Structural repairRoofingSteel
363 Westborough Road Westcliff-on-sea Essex SS0 9TS
Single flat created from takeaway storage, Westcliff. Reconfigures ground-floor rear space into a self-contained home with amenity, refuse and cycle storage at full application stage. Partitioning, kitchen and bathroom installation, M&E rewiring and side-elevation alteration dominate the fit-out.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
St Georges House Park Terrace Westcliff-on-sea Essex SS0 7PH
Alterations to St Georges House, Westcliff-on-Sea, including access improvements and window replacements. Modifies the boundary wall, installs an access ramp and external staircase, replaces windows with doors and updates fenestration at full application stage. Accessibility works and glazing…
BrickworkGlazingSteel
556 Rayleigh Road Eastwood Essex SS9 5HX
Single-storey front and rear extensions with shopfront and extraction, Eastwood. Adds a front canopy, patio seating, air-con units, storage container and a new extraction flue to a ground-floor commercial unit, part-retrospective. Shopfront glazing, extraction, HVAC and patio hard landscaping open…
BrickworkRoofingGlazing
52 - 56 The Ridgeway Westcliff-on-sea Essex
Dormer alterations and rear balcony addition to a Westcliff flat. Works to side elevations and first-floor additions with partial retrospective approval at full application stage. Roofing, glazing and balcony steelwork drive the package, with façade remediation on the elevations.
Roof repairGlazingSteel
42 Parkanaur Avenue Thorpe Bay Essex SS1 3HY
Comprehensive refurbishment with loft conversion, rear and front extensions, Thorpe Bay. Demolishes and rebuilds rear first-floor extension, raises the ridge height and installs a dormer with Juliet balconies, adds part single/part two-storey rear extension and front extension with porch, and fits…
DemolitionRoofingStructural frame
202 South Avenue Southend-on-sea Essex SS2 4HT
Platform lift replacement at a public building, Southend-on-Sea. Removes and installs a new front platform lift under Council Regulation 3 at full application stage. Mechanical and electrical fit-out, civil groundworks and specialist accessibility engineering drive the work.
M&EGroundworksFit-out
Booker Cash And Carry Comet Way Southend-on-sea Essex SS2 6UF
Condenser unit replacement at a Southend commercial site. Removes nine existing units and a plant container, installing six ground-mounted replacements with louvred screening at full application stage. M&E and mechanical services packages are the primary work, with outdoor screening and vibration…
M&EHard landscaping
Royal Mansions 15 Royal Terrace Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1DY
Listed building consent varying roof design and terrace details, Southend. Amends an approved scheme to alter mansard roof, add rooflights and a roof terrace, and remove a privacy screen at amendment stage. Roofing, structural steelwork for the lift housing and glazing packages suit specialist…
RoofingSteelGlazing
55 - 57 Queens Road Southend-on-sea Essex
Shopfront replacement at 55–57 Queens Road, Southend. Removes metal roller shutters and installs double-glazed aluminium entrance door, louvered refuse store door and side panels at full application stage. Glazing, aluminium framing and specialist shopfront installation are the core packages.
GlazingFit-out
31 Sutherland Boulevard Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 3PT
Single-storey side and rear extensions with demolition of existing garage and extensions, Leigh-on-Sea. Replaces and extends existing single-storey structures at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing, rooflights and groundworks dominate, with M&E and drainage serving the enlarged footprint.
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
Planning appeals in Southend-on-Sea City Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Southend-on-Sea City Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Southend-on-Sea City Council, raw rate
32.8%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
30.7%
national rates applied to this caseload
2.1 percentage points above expected. Southend-on-Sea City Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
733 appeals counted, 699 judged either way (229 allowed, 470 dismissed), 34 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 32.8% | 28.8% | 369 | 363 | 119 |
| Householder (HAS) | 35.3% | 35.6% | 281 | 269 | 95 |
| Enforcement Notice | 13.5% | 13.5% | 46 | 37 | 5 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 55.6% | 36.9% | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | 25% | 25.2% | 8 | 8 | 2 |
5 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | Too few judged | 25% | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | Too few judged | 33.3% | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Advertisement Appeal | Too few judged | 36% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tree Preservation Order | Too few judged | 20.6% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Southend-on-Sea City Council
Southend-on-Sea City Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Southend-on-Sea City Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent41 homes
- Shared ownership25 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Southend-on-Sea City Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder86% (367 decided)
- other94% (97 decided)
- residential66% (70 decided)
- commercial89% (46 decided)
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