Planning application
50 Oxford Street Southampton SO14 3DP
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application for a lawful development certificate for the existing operational hours of Medbar, Monday - Sunday from 07:30am until 02:30am not in accordance with condition 7 of previous planning consent ref 13/00410/MMA.
As published by the council, reference 26/00065/ELDC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00065/ELDC
- Type
- Lawful Devt Certificate Existing Use
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 29 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Bargate
- Postcode
- SO14 3DP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Southampton register
This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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20/00947/FUL Refused
50 Oxford Street Southampton SO14 3DP
Erection of a roof top bar - description amended following validation
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jan 2026
Received by Southampton
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 26 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Southampton took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 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 Southampton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Southampton decided lawful development applications in a median of 56 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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37 - 39 Oxford Street Southampton SO14 3DP
Change of use of an existing building from a restaurant (Use Class E(b)) to a drinking establishment and restaurant (Sui Generis), with associated external alterations to the facade and the erection of a third floor with roof terrace bar
Refused Full applications 25 docs -
37A Oxford Street Southampton SO14 3DP
Change the use of the premises from a restaurant (Use Class E) to a drinking establishment/ restaurant (Sui Generis).
Granted Full applications 50 docs -
40 Oxford Street Southampton SO14 3DP
91% historically approved · decision due ~11 Mar
Erection of 3 storey rear extension to create additional living space for existing flats, alterations to shopfront and installation of a flue, cooler unit and air conditioning unit (part retrospective)
Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling Extension +1 14 docs -
37-39 Oxford Street Southampton SO14 3DP
Change of use of the existing building from restaurant (Use Class E) to drinking establishment/restaurant (Sui Generis) with associated external alterations to the façade and erection of a 3rd floor with roof terrace bar (description amended 06.06.22 - amended 'nightclub' to 'drinking establishment')
Refused Full applications 29 docs -
37A Oxford Street Southampton SO14 3DP
Application for a variation of condition 2 (hours of use) of planning application 22/00979/FUL to change the hours of opening from 08:00am until Midnight to 08:00 to 1:00 AM Monday to Sunday, including bank holidays, for a temporary period of 2 years.
Refused Full applications 8 docs -
37 - 39 Oxford Street Southampton SO14 3DP
97% historically approved · decision due ~31 Jul
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 7(Roof Terrace Lighting), 10(Extract Ventilation) and 12(Roof Terrace Louvers & Planting) of permission 23/00955/FUL for change of use of an existing building from a restaurant (Use Class E(b)) to a drinking establishment and restaurant (Sui Generis)
Awaiting decision Conditions 5 docs
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