Leigh Port High Street Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 2ES Data via plota.co.uk

26/00377/CLE - Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) Withdrawn

Proposal

The use of Parcel A of the Site for Class E and B8 operations, namely offices, workshops, artists studios and storage functions (Certificate of Lawful Development - Existing Use) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:46

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Application progress

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Received

21 Mar 2026

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Validated

26 Mar 2026

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Withdrawn

29 May 2026

Withdrawn on 29 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 10

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Tilbury to Southend across the site

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

Leigh Old Town Conservation Area conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Local nature reserve 15 m away: Benfleet and Southend Marshes

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

SSSI 15 m away: Benfleet and Southend Marshes SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Sssi

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; Inside the Southend-on-Sea built-up area; Green belt 50 m away: London; Priority habitat 28 m away: Mudflats.

Not affected

No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

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Important details

Council: Southend
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Postcode: SS9 2ES
Received: 21 Mar 2026
Validated: 26 Mar 2026
Ward: Leigh
Parish: Leigh Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 May 2026
Decision: Withdrawn
Decision date: 29 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Q Square Group Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 21 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Southend

Planning Authority Score

3.8/10

Below average

#209 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder 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