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72 Telephone Road Southsea PO4 0AY

Awaiting decision Portsmouth 26/00045/CPE Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev

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Proposal

Application for Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use as house in multiple occupation (Class C4)

As published by the council, reference 26/00045/CPE

Application record

Reference
26/00045/CPE
Type
Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
15 Jan 2026
Validated
16 Jan 2026
Ward
Central Southsea
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
PO4 0AY

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Jan 2026

    Received by Portsmouth

  2. 16 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 13 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Portsmouth took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

The Steven Barlow Partnership Agent

16 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 79% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Portsmouth for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Portsmouth decided lawful development applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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