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55 Northcote Road Southampton SO17 3AH

25/01325/ELDCLawful Devt Certificate Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 12 January 2026

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
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Swaythling
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 55 Northcote Road Southampton SO17 3AH. Southampton has handled 108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Southampton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Swaythling. We hold 147 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 3AH
Application type
Lawful Devt Certificate Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 November 2025
Last date for comments
21 November 2025
Target decision date
22 December 2025

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.

Source: Southampton

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