4 Guildhall Walk Portsmouth PO1 2DD
Approved on 9 December 2025
Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of part ground floor from night club (Sui Generis) to retail (Class E(a)) and external alterations to include alterations to existing bay and installation of new entrance door to front elevation
- Received
- 13 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Ward
- Charles Dickens
- Agent
- PLC Architects
- ReceivedReceived13 Oct
- ValidatedValidated16 Oct
- Consult.Consultation10 Nov
- TargetTarget Date11 Dec
- DecidedDecided9 Dec
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a change of use at 4 Guildhall Walk Portsmouth PO1 2DD. Portsmouth has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Guildhall and Victoria Park conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Charles Dickens. We hold 195 applications in total for the PO1 postcode area.
86% of heritage 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 2DD
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 20 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 14 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 9 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- PLC Architects
- Agent address
- Lansdowne House 25-26 Hampshire Terrace Portsmouth PO1 2QF United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 November 2025
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Guildhall and Victoria Park
- 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.
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Source: Portsmouth
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