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Southend-on-Sea

In the last 12 months, 89.5% of householder applications were approved in Southend-on-Sea (277 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eight weeks (median 58 days).

Full planning applications: 68.1% approved (216 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-06-16–2026-06-26): 81.8% of 2,887 decisions approved.

3,572Total applications
2,363Approved
524Refused
77Withdrawn
0Pending
81.8%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,225Delegated
339Not Available
6committee
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 962 809 153
84.1%
Full Planning Application 605 442 163
73.1%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 323 257 66
79.6%
Discharge of Conditions 306 289 17
94.4%
Material Amendment 112 90 22
80.4%
General Permitted Dev (Extensions) 111 65 46
58.6%
Tree Works (TPO) 103 103 0
100.0%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 87 80 7
92.0%
PriorApp:COU-Comm/Bus/ServiceToDwellings 64 64 0
100.0%
Advertisement Consent 47 47 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 40 28 12
70.0%
Listed Building Consent 27 27 0
100.0%
Borough Council Regulation 4 23 18 5
78.3%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 23 0 23
0.0%
Borough Council Regulation 3 11 11 0
100.0%
Demolition 7 6 1
85.7%
Telecommunications 5 5 0
100.0%
PriorApp:EnlargeofDwellingConstructAddSt 4 2 2
50.0%
PriorNot-RoofSolaronNonDomestic 4 4 0
100.0%
Lawful Dev Cert Existing Fast Track 4 2 2
50.0%
Lawful Dev Cert Proposed Fast Track 3 3 0
100.0%
Reserved Matters 2 2 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 2 0 2
0.0%
Enlarge dwelling by Constr of add storey 2 1 1
50.0%
Approval of Details Fast Track 2 2 0
100.0%
Deed of Variation (application S106A(3)) 1 0 1
0.0%
PriorApp:NewDwellingOnDetBuildDwellings 1 1 0
100.0%
Prior Approval Railway 1 1 0
100.0%
Uncategorised 1 1 0
100.0%
London Southend Airport (consultation) 1 1 0
100.0%
PriorApp:NewDwellingsOnDetBlocksFlats 1 1 0
100.0%
Borough Council Regulation 4-Major 1 1 0
100.0%
Outline Application Major 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 154 108
70.1%
2023-Q4 260 191
73.5%
2024-Q1 228 178
78.1%
2024-Q2 242 207
85.5%
2024-Q3 256 213
83.2%
2024-Q4 267 228
85.4%
2025-Q1 240 212
88.3%
2025-Q2 261 210
80.5%
2025-Q3 279 229
82.1%
2025-Q4 284 226
79.6%
2026-Q1 264 226
85.6%
2026-Q2 151 135
89.4%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Milton 365 314 51
86.0%
Leigh 264 210 54
79.5%
West Leigh 253 216 37
85.4%
Chalkwell 217 173 44
79.7%
Thorpe 195 159 36
81.5%
Prittlewell 177 147 30
83.1%
Eastwood Park 155 128 27
82.6%
Blenheim Park 149 117 32
78.5%
Belfairs 144 118 26
81.9%
Shoeburyness 141 127 14
90.1%
Kursaal 140 96 44
68.6%
Victoria 139 117 22
84.2%
Planning guides

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