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Portsmouth Grammar School Cambridge Road Portsmouth

26/00308/LBCListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Internal and external alterations to facilitate conversion of school (Class F1) to form 16no. residential dwellings (Class C3), including associated landscaping, refuse and cycle storage and demolition of existing ancillary rifle range/swimming pool buildings

Received
13 March 2026
Decision due
20 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Thomas
Agent
Town Planning Expert
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 28 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (12)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Portsmouth Grammar School Cambridge Road Portsmouth. Portsmouth has handled 58 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across St Thomas.

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Application details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
16

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
5 May 2026
Consultation start
7 April 2026
Consultation end
28 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
7 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 May 2026
Last date for comments
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Town Planning Expert
Agent address
Room 205 Portsmouth Technopole Kingston Crescent North End Portsmouth PO2 8FA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
1 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14778756
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Old Portsmouth
  • Listed building: Grade II: Lower School, Portsmouth Grammar SchoolOn this site
  • 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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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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