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37-39 Guildhall Walk Portsmouth PO1 2RY

24/00369/CPECertificate of Existing Lawful Use/DevApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 18 September 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use and retention of marquee in conjunction with the existing nightclub use

Received
28 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Charles Dickens
Agent
Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 174 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 37-39 Guildhall Walk Portsmouth PO1 2RY. Portsmouth has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 174 days, 17 weeks longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in the Guildhall and Victoria Park conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Charles Dickens. We hold 195 applications in total for the PO1 postcode area.

90% of amendment 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
PO1 2RY
Application type
Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2024
Consultation expiry
15 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
15 May 2024
Last date for comments
15 May 2024
Target decision date
23 May 2024
Permission expires
18 September 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd
Agent address
40-43 Sheridan House Jewry Street Winchester SO23 8RY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12745476
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Guildhall and Victoria Park
  • Listed building: Grade II: The AstoriaOn this site
  • 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 (18)

flood storage 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.

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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