Victoria Dock Apartments 80 South Bridge Road Kingston Upon Hull HU9 1TS Data via plota.co.uk

26/00393/PCOU - prior approval change of use Approved

Proposal

Change of Use from Office To 6x Flats (Use Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 As amended) (Application to determine whether prior approval for development consisting of a specified change of use is required) (Revised Proposal) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
23 Apr 2026
Approved
8 Jul 2026

Approved on 8 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Kingston upon Hull built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Hull
Application type
prior approval change of use
Postcode
HU9 1TS
Received
23 Apr 2026
Validated
23 Apr 2026
Ward
Drypool
Case officer
Show
Decision
Prior Approval Granted
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
Kingston Design Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 76 days from validation, 10 days slower than Hull's median of 66 for changes of use. Approved, as 96% of changes of use here are.

38%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
27decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Hull in the last twelve months, from validation. Hull decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14882002
Comments by
19 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Hull
Planning Authority Score
2.6/10
Poor
#248 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Hull is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #231 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 62% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Hull decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #85 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #156 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #231 of 296
62%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #273 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
16 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
33 decided
436
Total decisions
36 refused in the year to March 2026