74 Woodside Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 4RB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of existing dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a residential Children's Home (Class C2) to provide accommodation for up to two children under the age of 18 with supervision by adult carers, and provision of bin and cycle storage to rear Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 23 Jul 2026 · Development Control Committee · Last checked 24 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Southend Planning Committee on 22 Jul 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the home would meet a local need without harmful effects on character, highways or neighbours’ amenities, subject to conditions.
- Residents and a councillor raised concerns about residential character, intensity, noise, parking, management and precedent, while consultees raised no objections.
- The committee granted permission subject to conditions, including limits on occupancy, waste and cycle storage, noise management and parking.
Source: Plota analysis of Southend's committee minutes of 22 Jul 2026.
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £780,000 in November 2023. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Southend
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- SS9 4RB
- Received
- 23 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 23 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Belfairs
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Grant Conditional Permission
- Decision date
- 23 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Development Control Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Anthro Architecture Ltd
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 91 days from validation, 35 days slower than Southend's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 71% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Southend in the last twelve months, from validation. Southend decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 22 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 18 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Southend ranks #155 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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