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169 High Street Southampton SO14 2BY

Granted Southampton 23/00078/PA56 Prior Approval 56 days Office to Resid

Works: New dwelling Several homes

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Prior Approval sought for a change of use of the first and second floor from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 4 flats (3 x one bed 1 x two bed) (Use Class C3)

As published by the council, reference 23/00078/PA56

Application record

Reference
23/00078/PA56
Type
Prior Approval 56 days Office to Resid
Status
Approved
Decision
No Objection
Received
2 Feb 2023
Validated
2 Feb 2023
Decided
30 Mar 2023
Ward
Bargate
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SO14 2BY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Southampton register

This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00263/PA56 Granted

    169 High Street Southampton SO14 2BY

    Prior Approval sought for change of use of part of the first floor from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 2 flats (1 x 1 bed and 1 x 2 bed)

    Decided 1 May 2026 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Feb 2023

    Received by Southampton

  2. 30 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Southampton granted permission on 30 March 2023, 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 prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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