37-43 High Street Portsmouth PO6 3BT
Approved on 9 April 2026
Council decision: Prior notification required and grantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for prior approval (Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA) for change of use of from Class E to 5 no. flats on first floor
- Received
- 22 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Ward
- Cosham
- Agent
- Knight Consulting
- ReceivedReceived22 Jan
- ValidatedValidated22 Jan
- Consult.Consultation1 Apr
- TargetTarget Date19 Mar
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 77 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 37-43 High Street Portsmouth PO6 3BT. Portsmouth has handled 1,334 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Cosham. We hold 137 applications in total for the PO6 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- PO6 3BT
- Application type
- Commercial Prior Approvals
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 6 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 15 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 9 April 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Knight Consulting
- Agent address
- Unit 7 The Quarterdeck Port Solent Portsmouth PO6 4TP United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 6 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14638079
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
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
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© 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.
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