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49 - 51 Hamlet Court Road Westcliff-on-sea Essex SS0 7EY

Refused Southend-on-Sea 23/00011/PA64 PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellings

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use of part of ground floor from commercial (Class E) to one self-contained flat (Class C3) (Prior Approval)

As published by the council, reference 23/00011/PA64

Application record

Reference
23/00011/PA64
Type
PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellings
Status
Rejected
Decision
Prior Approval Refused COU
Received
4 Jan 2023
Validated
4 Jan 2023
Decided
28 Feb 2023
Ward
Milton
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SS0 7EY

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Jan 2023

    Received by Southend-on-Sea

  2. 28 Feb 2023

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused COU

  3. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a design practice registered in Hockley

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

5 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About this record

Reading the register

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Southend-on-Sea is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

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