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Offices 1 To 6 234 Southchurch Road Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 2LS

Refused Southend-on-Sea 23/00273/PA64 PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellings

Works: New dwelling

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

Proposal

Change of use of three storey building from vacant office space (Class E) to 15 self-contained flats (Class C3) (prior approval)

As published by the council, reference 23/00273/PA64

Application record

Reference
23/00273/PA64
Type
PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellings
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refused As published: Prior Approval Refused COU
Received
16 Feb 2023
Validated
16 Feb 2023
Decided
15 Mar 2023
Ward
Kursaal
Decision by
Called In by member
Postcode
SS1 2LS

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Feb 2023

    Received by Southend-on-Sea

  2. 15 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused COU

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

C/O UPP Architects & Town Planners Agent, an architecture practice

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Documents

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

9 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Southend-on-Sea refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Southend-on-Sea's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

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