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39 Margate Road Southsea PO5 1EY

20/01166/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 25 April 2022

Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from (Class C4) multiple occupation to purposes falling within (Class C3) dwelling house or (Class C4) house in multiple occupation

Received
12 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Thomas
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided25 Apr

Decided in 466 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 39 Margate Road Southsea PO5 1EY. Portsmouth has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 560 days, 72 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 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 1EY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2021
Consultation expiry
14 February 2022
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end
5 March 2021
Last date for comments
14 February 2022
Target decision date
11 March 2021
Permission expires
25 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
14 February 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09150475
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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