Planning application
McCormack House, 56A East Street, Havant, PO9 1BS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for proposed Change of use from Office (Use Class E) to 19 Residential Units (Use Class C3).
As published by the council, reference APP/25/01005
Application record
- Reference
- APP/25/01005
- Type
- Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 2 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 2 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 30 Jan 2026
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PO9 1BS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Havant register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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APP/25/00763 Granted
McCormack House, 56A East Street, Havant, PO9 1BS
1No Sycamore (T1) crown reduce by 30% overall, leaving a height of 17m by 9m width. Within the conservation area of St Faith's.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Dec 2025
Received by Havant
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30 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Havant granted permission on 30 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre, 56 East Street, Havant, PO9 1BS
Discharge of Condition No. 8 of Planning Permission 09/55029/008.
Granted Conditions 1 doc -
56 East Street, Havant, PO9 1BS
Tree marked as 'A' on sketch plan - Field Maple - 2 metre crown reduction from 7 metres to leave 5m. Raise the crown to 2.5m from ground level. Tree is within St. Faith's Conservation Area.
Granted Trees 2 docs -
McCormack House, 56A East Street, Havant, PO9 1BS
1No Sycamore (T1) crown reduce by 30% overall, leaving a height of 17m by 9m width. Within the conservation area of St Faith's.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
66 East Street, Havant, PO9 1QT
Crown reduce height of 1No. Holm Oak (T1) by 3m and laterals by 2m, back to previous pruning points. Subject to TPO 1452 within conservation area of Lymbourn Road.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Roundabout, West Street, Havant, PO9 1LG
Removal of 1No. unknown species ornamental tree on roundabout within Conservation Area Brockhampton.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
Portsmouth Water Plc, 99 West Street, Havant, PO9 1LG
Fell 1No Cherry (T1). Sectional fell to just above ground level 1No dead Spruce (T2). Remove all understory vegetation, strim to 100mm above ground level and remove epicormic growth from 1No Mature Lime within G1. 1No Holm Oak (T3) reduce Northern crown by 3m from branch tips, crown lift to 2.5m from ground level. Fell 1No Poplar (T5) and 1No Sycamore (T6). Sectional fell to just above ground level 1No Chestnut (T7). Trees within conservation area of Brockhampton.
Granted Trees 13 docs
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APP/26/00545 Decided
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APP/26/00458 Granted
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