Planning application
1 Portland Terrace Portland Road Southsea
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of former hotel car park, to a car park servicing the former Debenhams development site "Handleys Corner"
As published by the council, reference 26/00070/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00070/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 26 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 3 Feb 2026
- Ward
- St Jude
- Decision by
- Delegated
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Jan 2026
Received by Portsmouth
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3 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 31 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
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Town Planning Expert Agent, a planning consultancy
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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