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Planning appeals in Portsmouth City Council

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Portsmouth City Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 414 planning appeals in Portsmouth City Council since 2016, of which 39% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 37 decisions, 50% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 26 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

436

appeals on record since 2016

39%

of decided appeals allowed

26 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 50% allowed

By appeal type

Householder125 decided

34% allowed

Minor221 decided

41% allowed

Major10 decided

20% allowed

Commercial11 decided

36% allowed

Enforcement27 decided

7% allowed

Other38 decided

53% allowed

Not classified4 decided

50% allowed

By procedure

Written representations416 decided

38% allowed

Hearings5 decided

40% allowed

Inquiries15 decided

20% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 28 · 54% allowed 2025 · 41 · 36% allowed 2024 · 28 · 56% allowed 2023 · 40 · 47% allowed 2022 · 41 · 37% allowed 2021 · 50 · 31% allowed 2020 · 37 · 22% allowed 2019 · 46 · 37% allowed 2018 · 58 · 40% allowed 2017 · 39 · 42% allowed 2016 · 28 · 43% allowed

Latest decisions in Portsmouth City Council

Allowed26 October 2026· advert6008144
Land Outside Market Way Car Park, Marketway, Portsmouth, PO1 4AH
Installation of a communication kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertisement display
Allowed26 October 20266008143
Land Outside Market Way Car Park, Marketway, Portsmouth, PO1 4AH
Installation of a communication kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertisement display
Allowed20 October 2026· minor6012912
3 Lawson Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 1SD
change of use from House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4) to seven person/seven bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (Sui generis)
Allowed22 September 2026· minor6004676
252 Havant Road, Portsmouth, PO6 1PA
Change of use of part ground floor (Class E) and upper floor (Class C3) to 9 bedroom/9 person House of Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis); external alterations to include construction of mansard roof and single storey rear extension
Allowed25 August 2026· householder6009984
61 Station Road, Portsmouth, PO6 1PJ
Front dormer
Dismissed30 July 2026· householder6010364
30 Wymering Lane, Portsmouth, PO6 3JU
a front porch (Retrospective)
Dismissed14 July 2026· householder6007761
34 Clarendon Road, Southsea, PO5 2JY
dropped kerb, vehicular crossover and partial boundary wall demolition
Dismissed7 July 20266005611
31a Cornwall Mews, Cornwall Road, Portsmouth, PO1 5AR
to increase height by 1540mm to utilise the loft space to create 2 no. one-bedroom flats with associated external alterations
Dismissed29 June 20266007095
50 Chetwynd Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 0NB
change of use from house in multiple occupation (Class C4) to 8 person/8 bedroom house in multiple occupation (sui generis)
Dismissed25 June 2026· householder6007527
12, Wilberforce Road, Southsea, PO5 3DR
construction of a 3 storey front extension; addition of a second floor including the remodelling of the rear elevation (with Juliet balconies at first and second floor); new natural slate roof, a raised ridge and a rear dormer with Juliet balcony (with solar panels on top); single storey rear extension; and air source heat pump in rear garden
Dismissed16 June 2026· householder6007896
19 Hilltop Crescent, Portsmouth, PO6 1BB
construction of second floor side extension
Allowed2 June 2026· minor6004666
16 Munster Road, Portsmouth, PO2 9BS
change of use from C3 dwellinghouse to Sui Generis 7 bed, 7 person HMO
Allowed2 June 20266004335
21 Fraser Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 1EE
change of use from existing Class C4 HMO, to 8 person/ 8 bedroom HMO
Dismissed7 May 2026· ldc3339406
10 Landport Terrace, Portsmouth, PO1 2RG
Proposed use as a dwelling occupied by 4 unrelated adults within Class C3 (dwellinghouse)
Dismissed1 May 2026· minor6004817
136-138 Stamshaw Road, Portsmouth, PO2 8LX
change of use of existing public house to Class E retail including all ancillary services with some regularisation of works to street elevation and remedial works to existing first floor flat

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.