8 Orchard Road Southsea PO4 0AB
Approved on 16 December 2020
Council decision: Grant CLUDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for the existing use as a house in multiple occupation (Class C4)
- Received
- 13 November 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Ward
- Central Southsea
- ReceivedReceived13 Nov
- ValidatedValidated14 Nov
- Consult.Consultation19 Dec
- TargetTarget Date9 Jan
- DecidedDecided16 Dec
Decided in 398 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 8 Orchard Road Southsea PO4 0AB. Portsmouth has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 399 days, 49 weeks longer 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 27 applications across Central Southsea. We hold 192 applications in total for the PO4 postcode area.
90% of amendment 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
- Postcode
- PO4 0AB
- Application type
- Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 November 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 19 December 2019
- Consultation end
- 19 December 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 November 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 December 2019
- Last date for comments
- 19 December 2019
- Target decision date
- 9 January 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- FAO Mr Robin Upton
- Agent address
- Hawkridge House Chelston Business Park Wellington TA21 8YA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 19 December 2019
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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