Planning appeal decision
29 Victoria Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 1AU
Planning appeal 3375010 at 29 Victoria Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 1AU (Southend-on-Sea City Council) was dismissed on 2 February 2026 by Inspector Wright A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on road user safety.
described as ‘drop kerb’
- Authority
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Wright A
- Postcode
- SS9 1AU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on road user safety
What decided it
The proposed vehicle crossover would serve a hardstanding that falls short of the Council's Vehicle Crossover Policy minimum width requirement, creating an uncontrollable risk that parked vehicles would overhang the public footway and obstruct pedestrian access, thereby harming road user safety contrary to the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP4 of the Southend-on-Sea Core Strategy 2007Policy DM15 of the Council's Development Management Document 2015Policy DM3 of the DMD
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
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