Waitrose Superstore Fossetts Way Southend-on-sea Essex SS2 4DQ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Extend service yard with fencing, alter car park layout including partial resurfacing and tree removal, install bollards and EV charging infrastructure, provide external café seating area and alter elevations to facilitate new sublet unit within existing store… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
8 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 14 Sept 2026; it is now day 62.

Site constraints 4

Scheduled monument 74 m away: A slight univallate hillfort known as Prittlewell Camp, 500m east of Sutton Road crematorium
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; Inside the Southend-on-Sea built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
Postcode
SS2 4DQ
Received
8 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Ward
St Lukes
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Farrell and Clark

Decision outlook

Day 62, past the statutory target. 87% of changes of use in Southend are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 13 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 10 Sept 2026.

Day 626 days past the 56-day target
66%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Southend in the last twelve months, from validation. Southend decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

38 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
8 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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