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New Theatre Royal 20 - 24 Guildhall Walk Portsmouth PO1 2DD

25/01265/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 December 2025

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations including replacement roof with associated works and repairs and installation of solar panels

Received
30 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Charles Dickens
Agent
Pritchard Architecture
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided29 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at New Theatre Royal 20 - 24 Guildhall Walk Portsmouth PO1 2DD. Portsmouth has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 2DD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2025
Consultation expiry
5 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
6 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
5 December 2025
Last date for comments
5 December 2025
Target decision date
30 December 2025
Permission expires
29 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pritchard Architecture
Agent address
Porter's Lodge, College Road HM Naval Base Portsmouth PO1 3LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
5 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14451419
Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Guildhall and Victoria Park
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Theatre RoyalOn this site · +2 more
  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    30 Oct

    Alterations including replacement roof with associated works and repairs and installation of solar panels

    This applicationApprovedFull25/01265/FUL
  2. 2025
    30 Oct

    External alterations including replacement roof with associated works and repairs and installation of solar…

    Conditional ConsentListed building consentFiled alongside25/01266/LBC

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