1 Seaview Road Shoeburyness Southend-on-sea Essex SS3 9DX

1. 9 Oct 2024

   Received by Southend-on-Sea

2. 4 Dec 2024

   Decision issued: Grant Lawful Dev Certificate (Existing)

3. 19 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• United Methodist Church St Andrews Road Shoeburyness Southend-on-sea Essex SS3 9HX

  26/00317/FUL Submitted 11 Mar 2026 35m away

  Change of use from a Church (Class F1(f)) to a Day Nursery (Class E(f)), alter elevations, layout parking, cycle store, refuse store, landscaping and erect fencing to front areas (amended proposal)

  Granted Full applications

• 22 Seaview Road Shoeburyness Southend-On-Sea Essex SS3 9DX

  21/00467/RES Submitted 5 Mar 2021 57m away

  Approval of Reserved Matters (details of Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) - of planning permission ref: 20/01188/OUT granted on 05.10.2020- Demolish existing building (Class A4), erect 9 dwellings with associated parking and vehicular access on to Seaview Road and Stour Close (Outline) (Amended Proposal)

  Granted Reserved matters Demolition 24 docs
  Several homes

• 9 - 11 Avon Way Shoeburyness Southend-On-Sea SS3 9DZ

  21/01023/PA3COU Submitted 12 May 2021 99m away

  Change use of ground floor from shop to 2no work/live units (Prior Approval)

  Refused Prior approval 14 docs

• 67 West Road Shoeburyness Southend-on-sea Essex SS3 9DT

  24/01351/PA64 Submitted 22 Aug 2024 102m away

  Change of use from shop/office (Use Class E) to one self-contained flat (Use Class C3) (prior approval)

  Refused

• 109 Ness Road Shoeburyness Southend-on-sea Essex SS3 9ES

  21/01393/TPO Submitted 6 Jul 2021 157m away

  Crown reduce to previous reduction points two Sycamore Trees (T2/T3) in rear (Application for works to a tree covered by a Tree Preservation Order)

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 159 West Road Shoeburyness Southend-on-sea Essex SS3 9EF

  26/00743/PA64 169m away

  84% historically approved

  Change of use of ground floor from shop (Class E) to a two-bedroom self-contained flat (Class C3) (Prior Approval)

  Decided

• 26/00613/CLE Granted

  57 York Road Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 2BZ

  Use dwelling as a 9-person HMO (Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing)

  5 May 2026 Lawful development
• 26/01132/CLP Status unknown

  16 Plymtree Thorpe Bay Essex SS1 3RA

  Detached outbuilding to rear (certificate of lawful development - proposed)

  7 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00690/CLP Refused

  472 Woodgrange Drive Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 3ED

  Extend garage at front and rear

  21 May 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00741/CLE Granted

  57 - 59 Elm Road Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 1SP

  Confirmation that planning permission 16/01572/FUL as varied by 18/01443/AMDT has been lawfully implemented (Certificate of Lawful Development - Existing)

  2 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00746/CLP Granted

  21 Shanklin Drive Westcliff-on-sea Essex SS0 9XU

  Removal of chimney stack on rear roof slope, erect dormer to rear to create habitable accommodation in roof space, two rooflights to front roof slope, alterations to elevations (Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed)

  2 Jun 2026 Lawful development