4 Empshott Road Southsea PO4 8AU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for Certificate of Lawful Development for the proposed construction of dormer window to rear roofslope Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 26 Aug 2026 · Fully Delegated Decision · Last checked 31 Aug 2026
Documents 7
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.
Sales history 5
Last sold for £335,000 in March 2021. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2020, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Application type
- Certificate of Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
- Postcode
- PO4 8AU
- Received
- 30 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 31 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Central Southsea
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 25 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 26 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Fully Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Critchley Architecture And Design (CAAD) Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 26 days from validation, 29 days faster than Portsmouth's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 86% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Portsmouth in the last twelve months, from validation. Portsmouth decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 31 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15121162
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15121162
- Statutory expiry
- 25 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
24 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Portsmouth ranks #188 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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