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41 Britannia Road North Southsea PO5 1SL

25/00726/CPECertificate of Existing Lawful Use/DevApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 22 January 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
25 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Central Southsea
Agent
Spruce Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Aug
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 210 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 41 Britannia Road North Southsea PO5 1SL. Portsmouth has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 211 days, 22 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 27 applications across Central Southsea. 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 1SL
Application type
Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2025
Consultation expiry
15 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
23 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 August 2025
Last date for comments
15 August 2025
Target decision date
21 August 2025
Permission expires
22 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Spruce Town Planning Ltd
Agent address
Office 9 Fleming Court Business Centre Leigh Road Eastleigh Hampshire SO50 9PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14119357
Documents
3
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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