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Student Centre Cambridge Road Portsmouth PO1 2EF

24/00641/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 24 September 2024

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of part single/part two storey extension to the existing Students Union to provide a Student Hub, including alterations to façade, landscaping and associated works

Received
30 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Thomas
Agent
Freeths LLP
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.2 Jul
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 117 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Student Centre Cambridge Road Portsmouth PO1 2EF. Portsmouth has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 9 weeks longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in the Sibella Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across St Thomas. We hold 195 applications in total for the PO1 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
PO1 2EF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2024
Consultation expiry
5 July 2024
Consultation start
11 June 2024
Consultation end
2 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
11 June 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 July 2024
Last date for comments
5 July 2024
Target decision date
29 August 2024
Permission expires
24 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Freeths LLP
Agent address
Cumberland Court 80 Mount Street Nottingham NG1 6HH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 June 2024
Advertisement expiry
5 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12974584
Comments
0
Documents
66
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Old PortsmouthPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Iron Railings to Former Clarence Barracks Set Between Gate PiersOn or next to 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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