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189 Fawcett Road Southsea PO4 0DH

19/01722/CPECertificate of Existing Lawful Use/DevApproved
Lawful development certificate

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 (Sui Generis).

Received
13 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central Southsea
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 398 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 189 Fawcett Road Southsea PO4 0DH. 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 0DH
Application type
Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2019
Consultation expiry
20 December 2019
Consultation end
20 December 2019
Neighbour consultation start
27 November 2019
Neighbour consultation end
20 December 2019
Last date for comments
20 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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08279543
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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