Petrol Station Waitrose Superstore Fossetts Way Southend-on-sea Essex SS2 4DQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00579/ADV - Advertisement Application Approved

Proposal

Install internally illuminated badge and fascia signage, together with internally illuminated inserts to the existing Shell petrol station totem Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
28 Apr 2026
Validated
6 May 2026
Approved
1 Jul 2026

Approved on 1 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; Inside the Southend-on-Sea built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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.

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Important details

Council
Southend
Application type
Advertisement Application
Postcode
SS2 4DQ
Received
28 Apr 2026
Validated
6 May 2026
Ward
St Lukes
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Jul 2026
Decision
Grant Advertisement Consent
Decision date
1 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Blaze Signs Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 96% of signs and adverts here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
27decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Southend in the last twelve months, from validation. Southend decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No
Southend
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#209 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Southend decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
80%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #261 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #224 of 296
64%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #155 of 296
43%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #173 of 296
62%
Minor dwellings approved
109 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
56%
Change of use approved
82 decided
904
Total decisions
177 refused in the year to March 2026