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2 Woodside Road Southampton SO17 2GQ

25/00372/ELDCLawful Devt Certificate Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 23 June 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 the existing use as a house in multiple occupation (HMO, Class C4).

Received
21 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Portswood
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 94 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 Woodside Road Southampton SO17 2GQ. Southampton has handled 108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 6 weeks longer than Southampton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Portswood. We hold 148 applications in total for the SO17 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
SO17 2GQ
Application type
Lawful Devt Certificate Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 March 2025
Consultation expiry
16 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start
25 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 May 2025
Last date for comments
23 May 2025
Target decision date
16 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Alistair Prideaux 54 Alexandra Road Southampton Hampshire SO15 5DG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
5

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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