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Hilsea Lodge Gatcombe Drive Portsmouth PO2 0TX

26/00007/DEMDemolitionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 3 February 2026

Council decision: Prior notification required and grantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the demolition of Hilsea Lodge and Annexes

Received
7 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hilsea
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Hilsea Lodge Gatcombe Drive Portsmouth PO2 0TX. Portsmouth has handled 9 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Portsmouth's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Hilsea. We hold 99 applications in total for the PO2 postcode area.

89% of all 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
PO2 0TX
Application type
Demolition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation start
16 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2026
Last date for comments
11 February 2026
Target decision date
3 February 2026
Permission expires
3 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Portsmouth City Council
Agent address
HNB Portsmouth City Council Civic Offices Guildhall Square Portsmouth PO1 2AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14296992
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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