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305 Fawcett Road Southsea PO4 0LE

21/00071/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 21 October 2022

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from House of Multiple Occupation (Class C4) to seven bedroom/seven person House of Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis) (resubmission of 19/01815/FUL)

Received
15 January 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Central Southsea
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 581 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 305 Fawcett Road Southsea PO4 0LE. Portsmouth has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 644 days, 84 weeks longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Central Southsea. We hold 192 applications in total for the PO4 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
PO4 0LE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2021
Consultation expiry
7 May 2021
Consultation start
22 March 2021
Consultation end
12 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
22 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
7 May 2021
Last date for comments
7 May 2021
Target decision date
14 May 2021
Committee meeting
28 September 2022
Permission expires
21 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
FAO Mrs Carianne Wells
Agent address
21 Middle Road Park Gate SO31 7GH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3290596
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 March 2022Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal
3272163
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 September 2021Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09313527
Documents
18
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.

Source: Portsmouth

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