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54 Albert Road Southsea PO5 2SJ

20/01489/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 August 2021

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a restaurant (Use Class Eb) to mixed use restaurant and takeaway (Use Class E /Sui generis). External alterations to include installation of extraction system to rear (description amended)

Received
14 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Jude
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.31 May
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 244 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 54 Albert Road Southsea PO5 2SJ. Portsmouth has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 245 days, 27 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 Jude. 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 2SJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2020
Consultation expiry
28 June 2021
Consultation start
10 May 2021
Consultation end
31 May 2021
Neighbour consultation start
17 May 2021
Neighbour consultation end
28 June 2021
Last date for comments
28 June 2021
Target decision date
9 February 2021
Decision issued
17 August 2021
Permission expires
17 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
FAO Mr David Bevan
Agent address
First Floor Office 172 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 May 2021
Site notice end
14 June 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09335282
Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
4

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.

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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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    6 Mar

    Application to vary Condition 6 of planning permission 20/01489/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)24/00283/VOC
  2. 2020
    14 Dec

    Change of use from a restaurant (Use Class Eb) to mixed use restaurant and takeaway (Use Class E /Sui…

    This applicationApprovedFull20/01489/FUL

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