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25/01792/OUTM - Outline Application Major Registered

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and phased redevelopment of the site to provide up to 2,000 homes including up to 150 later living units, a 2 form entry primary school (use class F1(a)) and nursery provision for up to 106 children (use class E(f)), a local centre of up to 2,200sqm of commercial and community uses (use classes E and F2(b)) and up to 1,200sqm of healthcare floorspace (use class E(e)), a new public park of a minimum of 23.28ha, landscaping, supporting drainage and highways infrastructure, substations, car and cycle parking and associated works (Outline Planning Application - all matters reserved except for access) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 08:14

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Application progress

✓

Received

19 Dec 2025

✓

Validated

16 Jan 2026

✓

Committee

26 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 9 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 4 Oct 2026; it is now day 261.

Planning committee

Decided by Southend Planning Committee on 26 Aug 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Refused

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

Officers advised approval because housing, affordable homes, infrastructure and other benefits outweighed Green Belt and other harms.
A local resident objected, while the applicant’s agent responded; 315 objections raised traffic, infrastructure, environmental and amenity concerns.
The committee refused planning permission, finding that the benefits did not outweigh Green Belt and other harm.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer advice, objections, speakers and committee decision, including the reasons for refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of Southend's committee minutes of 26 Aug 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 2

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.

Agricultural land, grade 3a, surveyed

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Cambridge). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1; the survey is the definitive reading.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Survey report ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 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: Outline Application Major
Received: 19 Dec 2025
Validated: 16 Jan 2026
Ward: Southchurch
Target decision: 9 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Davies Murch

Decision outlook

Day 261, past the statutory target. 87% of commercial and major works in Southend are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 3 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 261170 days past the 91-day target

47%decided within 8 weeks

83%approved

33decided in the last year

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

Public comments

207comments received

204 objecting3 neutral

99% object · above the UK average of 75%

464 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Committee: 26 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 17 Apr 2026
Env. assessment: No

Southend

Planning Authority Score

3.8/10

Below average

#209 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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