Hippodrome House 5 - 9 Guildhall Walk Portsmouth PO1 2RY
Approved on 25 September 2020
Council decision: Prior notification required and grantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for prior approval relating to the change of use of first, second and third floors from offices (Class B1) to form 45 self contained flats (Class C3)
- Received
- 31 July 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Ward
- Charles Dickens
- ReceivedReceived31 Jul
- ValidatedValidated3 Aug
- Consult.Consultation11 Sep
- TargetTarget Date28 Sep
- DecidedDecided25 Sep
Decided in 53 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Hippodrome House 5 - 9 Guildhall Walk Portsmouth PO1 2RY. Portsmouth has handled 1,334 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Guildhall and Victoria Park conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2RY
- Application type
- Commercial Prior Approvals
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 45
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 August 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 11 September 2020
- Consultation start
- 21 August 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 August 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 September 2020
- Last date for comments
- 11 September 2020
- Target decision date
- 28 September 2020
- Permission expires
- 25 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- FAO Mark Holman
- Agent address
- First Floor, 18 Limberline Spur Hilsea Portsmouth PO3 5HJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Guildhall and Victoria Park
- 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.
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