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116 Albert Road Southsea PO4 0JS

20/00026/PACOUCommercial Prior ApprovalsApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 4 February 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for prior approval (Class C) relating to the change of use of ground floor from shop (Class A1) to cafe (Class A3).

Received
1 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eastney & Craneswater
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 52 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 116 Albert Road Southsea PO4 0JS. Portsmouth has handled 1,334 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 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 9 applications across Eastney & Craneswater. We hold 192 applications in total for the PO4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
PO4 0JS
Application type
Commercial Prior Approvals
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2020
Consultation expiry
13 January 2021
Consultation start
16 December 2020
Neighbour consultation start
16 December 2020
Neighbour consultation end
13 January 2021
Last date for comments
13 January 2021
Target decision date
6 February 2021
Decision issued
5 February 2021
Permission expires
5 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
54 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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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