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53 Albert Road Southsea PO5 2SF

24/00560/PLAREGPlanning RegulariseApproved

Approved on 22 July 2024

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for the change of use of (ground floor) from Class E to Sui-Generis (cafe and hot food takeaway) including installation of extraction duct to rear

Received
10 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St Jude
Agent
HRP Architects
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 54 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 53 Albert Road Southsea PO5 2SF. Portsmouth has handled 1,334 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 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.

Application details

Postcode
PO5 2SF
Application type
Planning Regularise
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2024
Consultation expiry
4 July 2024
Consultation start
3 June 2024
Consultation end
24 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start
3 June 2024
Neighbour consultation end
28 June 2024
Last date for comments
4 July 2024
Target decision date
24 July 2024
Permission expires
22 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
HRP Architects
Agent address
First Floor, 18 Limberline Spur Hilsea Portsmouth PO3 5HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 June 2024
Site notice end
4 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13051105
Documents
6
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: Campbell Road, SouthseaNext to the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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, 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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