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Planning appeals in Southend-on-Sea City Council

Name: Planning appeal decisions in Southend-on-Sea City Council
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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Southend-on-Sea City Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 742 planning appeals in Southend-on-Sea City Council since 2016, of which 32% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 55 decisions, 41% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 22 weeks. Figures as at 30 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

759

appeals on record since 2016

32%

of decided appeals allowed

22 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 41% allowed

By appeal type

Householder308 decided

34% allowed

Minor337 decided

32% allowed

Major19 decided

37% allowed

Commercial5 decided

40% allowed

Enforcement47 decided

11% allowed

Other29 decided

24% allowed

Not classified14 decided

36% allowed

By procedure

Written representations746 decided

31% allowed

Hearings7 decided

14% allowed

Inquiries6 decided

67% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 46 · 40% allowed 2025 · 86 · 33% allowed 2024 · 76 · 31% allowed 2023 · 60 · 32% allowed 2022 · 55 · 27% allowed 2021 · 86 · 31% allowed 2020 · 76 · 22% allowed 2019 · 81 · 28% allowed 2018 · 67 · 30% allowed 2017 · 79 · 43% allowed 2016 · 47 · 43% allowed

Latest decisions in Southend-on-Sea City Council

Dismissed29 October 2026· minor6013127
3 Cobham Road,, Westcliff-on-Sea,, SS0 8EG
extend/alter property to rear to provide two additional flats, alter property internally, and all associated works
Dismissed27 October 2026· minor6011259
20 Tattersall Gardens, Leigh on Sea, Southend on Sea, SS92QT
remove detached chalet house and outbuildings, construct two link- detached chalet houses with garages, form new kerbs and vehicle crossovers
Dismissed2 October 20266009318
128 Monometer House Rectory Grove, Leigh-on-sea, Southend-on-sea, SS9 2HN
Erection of ancillary storage building for associated commercial storage
Dismissed2 October 20266009119
456 Southchurch Rd, Southend, SS1 2QA
to use the existing corner plot as a hand car wash and install a new acoustic screened area for car valeting. Retention of existing demountable cabins
Dismissed30 September 2026· minor6008855
Shorefield Cottage 7A, Shorefield Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS07RH
the demolition of existing dwelling to create new dwelling house
Allowed25 September 20266007335
Lawn Cottage, Wakering Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0PY
Dismissed25 September 2026· commercial6004873
37 Eastern Esplanade, Southend-On-Sea, SS1 2ES
Allowed24 September 2026· minor6010908
43 Woodgrange Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2SD
Allowed17 September 2026· minor6011040
26 Stirling Avenue, Leigh on Sea, SS9 3PP
Construction of new build 3 bedroom 5 person dwelling house
Allowed16 September 20266012017
290 Prince Avenue, Westcliff-on-sea Essex, SS0 0NF
Change of use from sui generis (motorcycles sales shop) to class E(a) convenience store (part retrospective) with external roller shutters and amended opening hours
Allowed15 September 2026· minor6008643
19 Southbourne Grove, Southend-on-Sea, SS0 9UW
Change of use of a dwellinghouse C3 to a 7-bed sui generis HMO, provision of cycle and refuse storage on site and minor external alterations to fenestration pattern
Notice upheld7 September 20263344480
54-56 Arterial Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 4DA
Notice varied and upheld4 September 20263349864
192 Manchester Drive, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 3EX
Dismissed4 September 20263346233
33 Green Lane, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 5AP
Dismissed1 September 2026· minor6006985
39 Chalkwell Esplanade, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 8JQ
Erection of a 3-storey building to form 3 self-contained flats and layout parking to the rear, amenity areas and landscaping

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.