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59 Lawrence Road Southsea PO5 1NU

26/00107/CPECertificate of Existing Lawful Use/DevAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use as house in multiple occupation (Class C4)

Received
29 January 2026
Decision due
27 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
St Jude
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 27 February.

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 59 Lawrence Road Southsea PO5 1NU. Portsmouth has handled 149 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across St Jude. We hold 583 applications in total for the PO5 postcode area.

90% of amendment 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 1NU
Application type
Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 February 2026
Last date for comments
27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AC-Dev Co
Agent address
31 Burnell Walk Letchworth Garden City Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3RW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 February 2026
Site notice end
26 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14623259
Documents
3
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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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