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Land At Gower Car Park Highfield Campus University Road Southampton SO17 1ST

26/00420/FULFull ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 21 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of an education building (Use Class F1) comprising three storeys plus rooftop plant room, external rooftop plant, extract flues and photovoltaic panels, formation of access to the highway and amended car parking.

Received
14 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
12
Ward
Portswood
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 7 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land At Gower Car Park Highfield Campus University Road Southampton SO17 1ST. Southampton has handled 49 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 7 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

89% of full 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 1ST
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Consultation expiry
13 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 May 2026
Last date for comments
22 May 2026
Target decision date
14 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Erin Porter 25 Old Burlington Street London W1S 3AN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
50
Constraints
8

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    14 Apr

    Construction of an education building (Use Class F1) comprising three storeys plus rooftop plant room…

    This applicationWithdrawnFull26/00420/FUL
  2. 2026
    14 Apr

    Enabling works to facilitate the development of the site comprising demolition of existing structures…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/00421/FUL

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