Planning application
Unit 2 The Pompey Centre Fratton Way Southsea PO4 8SL
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 'Commercial, Business and Service' (Class E)
As published by the council, reference 26/00397/CPE
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00397/CPE
- Type
- Certificate of Existing Lawful Use/Dev
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 27 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 30 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Milton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO4 8SL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Portsmouth register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00167/ADV Awaiting decision
Unit 2 The Pompey Centre Fratton Way Southsea PO4 8SL
Display of 2no. externally illuminated fascia signs, 1no. internally illuminated menu board and 1no. internally illuminated Barci cockerel sign
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26/00166/FUL Awaiting decision
Unit 2 The Pompey Centre Fratton Way Southsea PO4 8SL
Alterations to shopfront
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25/01425/FUL Granted
Unit 2 The Pompey Centre Fratton Way Southsea PO4 8SL
Installation of plant equipment
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Mar 2026
Received by Portsmouth
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30 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 25 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Montagu Evans LLP Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2005 · London
1,074 applications on PlanIndex · across 120 councils · 98% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Unit 2 The Pompey Centre Fratton Way Southsea PO4 8SL
Installation of plant equipment
Granted Full applications 8 docs -
Unit 2 The Pompey Centre Fratton Way Southsea PO4 8SL
87% historically approved · decision due ~21 Apr
Display of 2no. externally illuminated fascia signs, 1no. internally illuminated menu board and 1no. internally illuminated Barci cockerel sign
Awaiting decision Advertising 14 docs -
Unit 2 The Pompey Centre Fratton Way Southsea PO4 8SL
83% historically approved · decision due ~21 Apr
Alterations to shopfront
Awaiting decision Full applications Windows or glazing 13 docs -
2 Ruskin Road Southsea PO4 8RQ
83% historically approved · decision due ~11 Feb
Conversion to form 2no. self-contained apartments including rear extension at second floor and ancillary landscaping works following removal of existing lean to extension
Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling Extension 18 docs -
2A Ruskin Road Southsea PO4 8RQ
83% historically approved · decision due ~11 Feb
Conversion of office building to form 2no. residential units (Class C3) including single storey front extension, single storey side extension replacement of existing flat roof with pitched roof, installation of solar panels and ASHPs and ancillary landscaping works to create private gardens
Awaiting decision Full applications Extension 18 docsSmall domestic -
137 Telephone Road Southsea PO4 0AX
Application for lawful development for existing use as a House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4)
Granted Lawful development 3 docs
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