37 Elm Grove Southsea PO5 1JF
Approved on 16 December 2021
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of first floor from residential to Day Nursery (Class E(f)). External alterations to include addition of first floor patio area to rear (amended plans received).
- Received
- 11 February 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Ward
- St Thomas
- ReceivedReceived11 Feb
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation10 May
- TargetTarget Date9 Apr
- DecidedDecided16 Dec
Decided in 307 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 37 Elm Grove Southsea PO5 1JF. Portsmouth has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 308 days, 36 weeks longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in a 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 1JF
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 9 December 2021
- Consultation start
- 19 April 2021
- Consultation end
- 10 May 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 November 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 December 2021
- Last date for comments
- 9 December 2021
- Target decision date
- 9 April 2021
- Decision issued
- 17 December 2021
- Permission expires
- 17 December 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- FAO Chris Flint
- Agent address
- 2 Emerald Close Waterlooville P07 8NZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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 (19)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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