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400 - 402 Bitterne Road Precinct Southampton SO18 5RS

26/00878/PA56Prior Approval 56 days Office to ResidApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

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

Proposal

Permitted Development Assessment - Prior Approval sought for a change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to mixed use including two x 3 bed flats (Use Class C3)

Received
28 July 2026
Ward
Peartree
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 400 - 402 Bitterne Road Precinct Southampton SO18 5RS. Southampton has handled 101 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Peartree. We hold 120 applications in total for the SO18 postcode area.

95% of outline 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
SO18 5RS
Application type
Prior Approval 56 days Office to Resid
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2026
Consultation expiry
20 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 August 2026
Last date for comments
28 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
David Allam Avebury House 6 St Peter Street Winchester SO23 8BN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
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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