Planning application
54 Manners Road Southsea PO4 0BB
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application for Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use as house in multiple occupation (Class C4)
As published by the council, reference 26/00382/CPE
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00382/CPE
- Type
- Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 25 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Central Southsea
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO4 0BB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Mar 2026
Received by Portsmouth
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26 Mar 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 21 May 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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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