Planning application
24 Pains Road Southsea PO5 1HE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use as house in multiple occupation (Class C4)
As published by the council, reference 25/00893/CPE
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00893/CPE
- Type
- Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Grant CLUD
- Received
- 30 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 31 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 29 Sep 2025
- Ward
- St Thomas
- Decision by
- Fully Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PO5 1HE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jul 2025
Received by Portsmouth
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31 Jul 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Grant CLUD
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Spruce Town Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Eastleigh
Active · incorporated 2019 · Eastleigh
80 applications on PlanIndex · across 21 councils · 85% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Portsmouth granted permission on 29 September 2025, 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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