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19 The Oakwood Centre, Downley Road, Havant, PO9 2NP

APP/12/00735Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 21 September 2012

Council decision: Refuse perm/consent / refuse lawfulnessDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from existing B1/B8 (office and warehousing) to A1 (retail) to allow the operation of an exotic pet shop (for 5 year period) and new shopfront.

Received
17 July 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bondfields
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.29 Aug
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 19 The Oakwood Centre, Downley Road, Havant, PO9 2NP. Havant has handled 195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 11 days quicker than Havant's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,355 applications in total for the PO9 postcode area.

94% of amendment applications at Havant Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 11 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO9 2NP
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2012
Consultation expiry
2 April 2019
Consultation start
2 April 2019
Consultation end
29 August 2012
Neighbour consultation start
7 August 2012
Neighbour consultation end
29 August 2012
Last date for comments
21 September 2012
Target decision date
2 April 2019
Committee meeting
26 September 2012
Application expires
21 September 2012
Permission expires
2 April 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
29 St Andrews Road, Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
2440 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 April 2019
Advertisement expiry
29 August 2012
Site notice start
7 August 2012
Site notice end
29 August 2012

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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