First Floor 11A Ashleigh Drive Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 1AD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of first floor from commercial, business and service use (Class E) to 1 self-contained flat (Class C3) (Prior Approval) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 16 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 17 Jul 2026
Site constraints 5
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 29% 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
- Statutory expiry
- 17 Jul 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%).
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