Planning application
5 Napier Avenue Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1LY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use dwelling (Class C3(a)) as children's home (Class C3(b)) for up to three children aged 11-18 years with one live-in carer (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
As published by the council, reference 26/00399/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00399/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Dev Proposed
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Grant Lawful Dev Certificate (Proposed)
- Received
- 25 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 25 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 27 May 2026
- Ward
- Milton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SS1 1LY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Mar 2026
Received by Southend-on-Sea
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27 May 2026
Decision issued: Grant Lawful Dev Certificate (Proposed)
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19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
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.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
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.
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