71-73 Southchurch Road, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS1 2NL

Planning appeal 3367952 at 71-73 Southchurch Road, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS1 2NL (Southend-on-Sea City Council) was allowed on 13 October 2025 by Inspector Burley P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether appropriate waste management arrangements would be made for the proposed first floor house in multiple occupation (HMO) unit.

part conversion of rear ground floor to form new self-contained apartment, and extension to first floor rear apartment to form new 3-Bedroom HMO

Authority: Southend-on-Sea City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Burley P
Postcode: SS1 2NL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether appropriate waste management arrangements would be made for the proposed first floor house in multiple occupation (HMO) unit
whether the effects of the appeal scheme on designated habitats sites would be appropriately mitigated

What decided it

The Council's failure to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and substantially below-target housing delivery engaged the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d), and the negative weight of the waste management shortfall did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing benefit.

The negative weight attached to the waste collection arrangements did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefit of the additional HMO accommodation when assessed against the policies of the Framework taken as a whole, in the context of the Council's lack of five-year housing land supply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy KP2Policy CP4Policy DM1Policy DM3Policy DM8Policy DM2
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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