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38 St Davids Road Southsea PO5 1QN

20/00446/HOUHouseholder Planning ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 18 September 2020

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Construction of rear dormer and installation of two front rooflights.

Received
20 April 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Thomas
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.14 Sep
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 147 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 38 St Davids Road Southsea PO5 1QN. Portsmouth has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 weeks longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in the St David's Road, Southsea conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across St Thomas. We hold 583 applications in total for the PO5 postcode area.

85% of full 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 1QN
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2020
Consultation expiry
14 September 2020
Neighbour consultation start
29 July 2020
Neighbour consultation end
14 September 2020
Last date for comments
14 September 2020
Target decision date
19 June 2020
Decision issued
2 October 2020
Permission expires
2 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
FAO Mr Conner Mallen
Agent address
232 London Road Hilsea Portsmouth PO2 9JQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 August 2020
Advertisement expiry
28 August 2020

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Dismissed

Appeal history

3266105
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 May 2021Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08664747
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St David's Road, Southsea
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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