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30 Victoria Road South Southsea PO5 2BT

24/01551/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 28 February 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of use as 8-bed house in multiple occupation

Received
24 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Jude
Agent
The Steven Barlow Partnership
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 30 Victoria Road South Southsea PO5 2BT. Portsmouth has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in the Owen's Southsea conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 2BT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2025
Consultation expiry
6 February 2025
Consultation start
9 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
9 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 February 2025
Last date for comments
6 February 2025
Target decision date
4 March 2025
Permission expires
28 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Steven Barlow Partnership
Agent address
The Studio 81 Manor Road Portsmouth Hampshire PO1 5LB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Owen's Southsea
  • 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, 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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