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23/00273/PA64

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

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

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

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

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.

Every planning application follows the same broad path: submission, validation, publicity, then a decision by officers or committee. Our guide to planning application types explains the common types and what each can approve.

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