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70 - 70A Albert Road Southsea PO5 2SL

20/00001/PASBDPrior Approval - Shop/Bank to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 June 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for prior approval relating to the change of use of first floor from shop to 2 bedroom dwelling

Received
2 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
St Jude
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 160 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 70 - 70A Albert Road Southsea PO5 2SL. Portsmouth has handled 164 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 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 28 applications across St Jude. We hold 583 applications in total for the PO5 postcode area.

86% of outline 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
PO5 2SL
Application type
Prior Approval - Shop/Bank to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2020
Consultation start
16 January 2020
Last date for comments
7 February 2020
Target decision date
27 February 2020
Permission expires
10 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Eastfields 24-30 Victoria Road North Portsmouth PO5 1PU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11
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)

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

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.

Source: Portsmouth

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