The Cottage Clarence Road Southsea PO5 2LH
Approved on 10 April 2025
Council decision: Prior notification required and grantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for Prior approval for the installation of solar equipment on a domestic property
- Received
- 17 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Ward
- St Jude
- Agent
- Pike Planning
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Feb
- Consult.Consultation4 Apr
- TargetTarget Date15 Apr
- DecidedDecided10 Apr
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at The Cottage Clarence Road Southsea PO5 2LH. Portsmouth has handled 164 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in the East 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.
86% of outline 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 2LH
- Application type
- Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 April 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Pike Planning
- Agent address
- 2 St Helens Close Southsea PO4 0NN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: East SouthseaPart of the site · +1 more
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Portsmouth
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