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Horatia House Meriden Road Southsea

19/01407/DEMDemolitionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 8 October 2019

Council decision: prior notification required and grantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for prior notification for the proposed demolition of Horatia House

Received
11 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
St Thomas
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Horatia House Meriden Road Southsea. Portsmouth has handled 9 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across St Thomas.

89% of all applications at Portsmouth City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Demolition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2019
Consultation start
17 September 2019
Last date for comments
1 October 2019
Target decision date
8 October 2019
Permission expires
8 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: King StreetPart of the site · +1 more
  • 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)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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

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