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Wilbur House 25 Wilberforce Road Southsea PO5 3DR

20/00639/HOUHouseholder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 17 February 2021

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Construction of new gates and gate piers, re-establishment of a boundary wall, removal of an existing carport pergola and the construction of a new carport pergola.

Received
12 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Thomas
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Jan
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wilbur House 25 Wilberforce Road Southsea PO5 3DR. Portsmouth has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 250 days, 28 weeks longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in the Castle Road conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3DR
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2020
Consultation expiry
9 December 2020
Neighbour consultation start
23 November 2020
Neighbour consultation end
25 January 2020
Last date for comments
25 January 2020
Target decision date
14 January 2021
Permission expires
17 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
FAO Mr Jeremy Sayer
Agent address
61 South Street Havant, Hampshire PO9 1BZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 November 2020
Advertisement expiry
9 December 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08792903
Comments
0
Documents
25
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Castle Road
  • 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

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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