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9 Gordon Avenue Southampton SO14 6WJ

25/00208/ELDCLawful Devt Certificate Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 22 April 2025

Council decision: Grant (LDC)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate for existing use as a house in multiple occupation (HMO, Class C4).

Received
20 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bevois
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 9 Gordon Avenue Southampton SO14 6WJ. Southampton has handled 108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Southampton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Bevois. We hold 146 applications in total for the SO14 postcode area.

95% of amendment applications at Southampton City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SO14 6WJ
Application type
Lawful Devt Certificate Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2025
Consultation expiry
8 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
8 April 2025
Last date for comments
18 April 2025
Target decision date
17 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Steven Barlow The Studio, 81 Manor Road Kingston Portsmouth PO1 5LB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Hmo
  • 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)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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