Post Office Slindon Street Portsmouth PO1 1AB
Approved on 28 February 2024
Council decision: Conditional Outline PermissionPlanning committee
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Proposal
Outline application with all matters reserved except access and scale for the construction of a building up to 19-storeys/62m for circa 176 nos. dwellings (Class C3); parking and servicing with access from Lower Church Path; podium level open space and associated works following demolition and removal of existing buildings and structures (amended description and drawings)
- Received
- 31 March 2020
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 9
- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Ward
- Charles Dickens
- ReceivedReceived31 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Jan
- Consult.Consultation18 Feb
- TargetTarget Date18 Apr
- DecidedDecided28 Feb
Decided in 772 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Post Office Slindon Street Portsmouth PO1 1AB. Portsmouth has handled 164 applications of this type. 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.
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
- PO1 1AB
- Application type
- Outline Application
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 January 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 18 February 2022
- Consultation start
- 21 January 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 January 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 February 2022
- Last date for comments
- 18 February 2022
- Target decision date
- 18 April 2022
- Committee meeting
- 21 December 2022
- Permission expires
- 28 February 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- FAO Mr Tom Wright
- Agent address
- Sophia House 28 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF119LJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 January 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 February 2022
- Site notice start
- 25 June 2020
- Site notice end
- 7 August 2020
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08386151
- Documents
- 134
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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