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51 Worthing Road Southsea PO5 2RJ

24/00575/CPECertificate of Existing Lawful Use/DevWithdrawn
Lawful development certificate

Withdrawn on 17 October 2024

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for certificate of lawful development for existing use as a house in multiple occupation (Class C4)

Received
13 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Jude
Agent
MC Architectural Design Ltd
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.18 Jun
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 156 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 51 Worthing Road Southsea PO5 2RJ. Portsmouth has handled 149 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 157 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the East Southsea conservation area. 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.

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
PO5 2RJ
Application type
Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2024
Consultation expiry
18 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start
21 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
18 June 2024
Last date for comments
18 June 2024
Target decision date
9 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
MC Architectural Design Ltd
Agent address
33 Sapphire Ridge Sapphire Ridge Waterlooville PO7 8NY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13040496
Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
9

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: East Southsea
  • 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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