All eight applications validated in Southend in the week of 5 October: a seven-bed HMO over offices on London Road and a bungalow replaced on Tankerville Drive.

Southend-on-Sea City Council validated eight planning applications in the week beginning 5 October (Southend-on-Sea City Council, weekly lists, Public Access). A quiet week by the city’s standards, with seven of the eight in Leigh-on-Sea and Shoeburyness. The one that will draw attention is a seven-bedroom house in multiple occupation on the first floor of an office building on London Road, in the town centre, a month after the Planning Committee went against officer advice on two HMOs.

The ones to know about

  • A seven-bed HMO over the offices at 116 to 122 London Road. The application would change the first floor from offices to a seven-bedroom HMO, add a roof terrace and solar panels, alter the windows and the east elevation, and lay out cycle and bin stores (26/01286/FUL). The Planning Committee refused one HMO on York Road in September and resolved it would have refused another on Woodgrange Drive, both against the officers’ recommendation. Our report on the Woodgrange Drive appeal explains where that left the council.
  • A bungalow replaced at 176 Tankerville Drive, Leigh. An amended proposal to demolish the bungalow and build a house, with parking at the front and a wider crossover onto Tankerville Drive (26/01294/FUL).
  • Listed-building work at South Shoebury Hall Farm, Ness Road. Listed building consent is sought to remove fitted wardrobes and an en-suite shower room from two bedrooms and to replace 11 pressed-steel radiators with black-painted column radiators (26/01292/LBC).
  • Garages by 1 Shoebury Avenue, Shoeburyness. The applicant wants to vary condition 11 of a January 2025 permission so that two vehicle crossovers onto Shoebury Avenue do not have to be reinstated (26/01313/AMDT).

The full list

Householder applications, for extensions to the applicant’s own home:

  • 62 Undercliff Gardens, Leigh-on-Sea. Single-storey rear extension with a new retaining wall and internal staircase (26/01301/FULH)
  • 38 Bishopsteignton, Shoeburyness. Demolish the conservatory, build a single-storey rear extension with a roof lantern and a single-storey front extension with a rooflight (26/01298/FULH)
  • 17 Vernon Road, Leigh-on-Sea. Single-storey rear extension with rooflights and alterations to the side elevation (26/01293/FULH)

Trees in a conservation area:

  • 24 Cliff Parade, Leigh-on-Sea. Reduce a holly by up to a metre and thin a cotoneaster by up to 15% (26/01312/TCA)
Bar chart of the eight planning applications validated in Southend in the week beginning 5 October 2026 by type: 3 householder, 2 full applications, 1 amendment, 1 tree works and 1 listed building consent.
Chart by Southend Today
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What it means for you

Anyone can comment on an application while it is open for consultation, usually for 21 days from the date on the site notice or the neighbour letter. Search the reference on the council’s Public Access site, open the Comments tab and register. Our Southend planning applications page explains how the process works, including which applications go to the Planning Committee rather than being decided by officers.

The next Planning Committee is on Wednesday 14 October. Its agenda carries the KFC drive-thru hours on Greyhound Way and 43 Woodgrange Drive, not any of this week’s applications; we list it in council this week.