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12 Wilberforce Road Southsea PO5 3DR

25/01397/HOUHouseholder Planning ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 20 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a 3 storey front extension; addition of a second floor including the remodelling of the rear elevation (with Juliet balconies at first and second floor); new natural slate roof, a raised ridge (with central 'cut out' opposite south facing second floor window of no.14) and a rear dormer with Juliet balcony (with solar panels on top); single storey rear extension; and air source heat pump in rear garden.

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
21
Ward
St Thomas
Agent
Peter Robson Architect
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 12 Wilberforce Road Southsea PO5 3DR. Portsmouth has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across St Thomas. 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 3DR
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 January 2026
Last date for comments
6 January 2026
Target decision date
27 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Peter Robson Architect
Agent address
Long Meadow The Lane Summersdale Chichester West Sussex PO19 5PY UK

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
2 January 2026
Site notice start
10 December 2025
Site notice end
31 December 2025

Appeal history

6007527
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 June 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14516525
Documents
19
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Castle Road
  • 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.

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