Clifftown Shore Western Esplanade Southend-on-sea Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/00228/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of part of existing ground floor restaurant (Class E) into 11 unit aparthotel (Class C1), install new doors and obscure screening to front Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Sept 2026, 08:41

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Application progress

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Received

18 Feb 2026

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Committee

22 Apr 2026

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Approved

23 Apr 2026

Approved on 23 Apr 2026 · Development Control Committee · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Southend Planning Committee on 22 Apr 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the scheme would provide visitor accommodation, support tourism and make better use of an existing building.
Residents raised concerns about noise, disturbance, security, parking, waste, over-intensification and short-term guests.
The committee granted permission subject to conditions; no vote count was stated.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site context, planning history, objections, speakers, officer assessment, conditions and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Southend's committee minutes of 22 Apr 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 7

Ramsar wetland 49 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 49 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: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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

Also on the record

5 listed buildings within 150 m; Registered park or garden 109 m away: Shrubbery Garden; Conservation area 54 m away: Clifftown Conservation Area; Inside the Southend-on-Sea built-up area.

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: Full Application
Received: 18 Feb 2026
Validated: 18 Feb 2026
Ward: Milton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Apr 2026
Decision: Grant Conditional Permission
Decision date: 23 Apr 2026
Decision level: Development Control Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Duncan Clark & Beckett Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 8 days slower than Southend's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 71% of changes of use here are.

This one64d

Council56d

UK56d

63%decided within 8 weeks

71%approved

6%go to committee

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 Apr 2026
Env. assessment: No

Southend

Planning Authority Score

3.8/10

Below average

#209 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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