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101 Commercial Road Portsmouth PO1 1BQ

20/00005/PACOUCommercial Prior ApprovalsApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 9 April 2020

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for prior approval (class O) relating to the change of use of upper floors from office (Class B1) to 9no. self contained flats (Class C3)

Received
6 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Charles Dickens
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 63 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 101 Commercial Road Portsmouth PO1 1BQ. Portsmouth has handled 1,334 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Charles Dickens. We hold 195 applications in total for the PO1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
PO1 1BQ
Application type
Commercial Prior Approvals
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2020
Consultation start
12 February 2020
Last date for comments
6 March 2020
Target decision date
2 April 2020
Permission expires
9 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
FAO Mr David Brightwell
Agent address
85 Green Lane Clanfield Waterlooville PO8 0LG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Halifax Building SocietyOn or next to this site
  • 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, conservation areas, 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.

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