127 High Street Southend-on-sea Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/00043/ADV - Advertisement Application Approved

Proposal

Install one internally illuminated fascia sign, one internally illuminated projecting sign, two internally illuminated ATM surround panels and window manifestations to glazing and one internal attractor panel (part-retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Jan 2026
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Validated
19 Jan 2026
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Approved
16 Mar 2026

Approved on 16 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Jul 2026

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
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 about 28 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.
Tilbury to Southend about 15 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
SSSI about 28 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.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 62 and 63, High Street, Grade II, about 56 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Southend-on-Sea built-up area; Priority habitat about 29 m away: Mudflats.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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

Council
Southend
Application type
Advertisement Application
Postcode
SS9 2EA
Received
12 Jan 2026
Validated
19 Jan 2026
Ward
Milton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Mar 2026
Decision
Grant Advertisement Consent
Decision date
16 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
The McLennan Partnership Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 94% of signs and adverts here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
9%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Mar 2026
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