Southampton planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Southampton City Council, updated daily. Southampton City Council received 254 planning applications in the last 90 days, 5 of them major schemes. 88% of the applications it decided were approved.
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Recent applications in Southampton
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
4 - 6 The Polygon Southampton SO15 2BN
13-unit serviced apartment conversion with M&E and renewables, Southampton. Reconfigures a guesthouse into nine studios and four one-bed units with new windows, doors, solar and heat pump. M&E, renewables installation, terrace hard landscaping and internal partitioning drive the scope.
Fit-outM&EGlazing
Southampton General Hospital Tremona Road Southampton SO16 6YD
Hospital glazing replacement across six levels, Southampton. Part-retrospective and proposed window replacement to two buildings at a major NHS facility, at full application stage. Glazing supply and installation dominate, with specialist hospital-grade specifications and coordination across…
Glazing
Land adjacent 6 Charmouth Terrace Irving Road Southampton
Single detached house with heat pump, Southampton. New two-bedroom dwelling with access, parking and air source heat pump at full application stage. Groundworks, frame, M&E and heat-pump installation packages suit local subcontractors on a small plot.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Builders Yard Travis Perkins Albert Road North Southampton
External storage racking installation up to 5.5m, Southampton. Adds freestanding racking infrastructure to a builders' yard at full application stage. Steel, foundations and access packages suit logistics and materials-handling specialists.
GroundworksSteelHard landscaping
Atlantic Works Oakley Road Southampton
Replacement cladding on two commercial units, Southampton. External envelope works to Units B and C at a business park, at full application stage. Cladding installation, ancillary metalwork and site logistics dominate; material volumes and specification drive supplier margins.
CladdingM&E
37 Burlington Road Southampton SO15 2FR
HMO converting to a one-child care home, Southampton. Single dwelling changes from a small house in multiple occupation to a Class C2 residential care facility at full application stage. Fit-out, safeguarding features and specialist care infrastructure drive the works for care sector installers.
Fit-outM&E
74 Newcombe Road Southampton SO15 2FS
HMO converting to a single-child residential care home, Southampton. One dwelling changes from Class C4 multiple occupation to Class C2 care use at full application stage. Fit-out, fire safety compartmentation and accessible facilities drive the work, with specialist care-home compliance and M&E…
Fit-outM&EStructural repair
27 Harborough Road Southampton SO15 2FZ
HMO converting to a single-child care home, Southampton. Reuses one existing house for residential care provision at full application stage. Fit-out, safety compliance, care facilities and enhanced sanitation dominate the specification.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
31A Victoria Road Southampton SO19 9DY
Two-studio conversion from commercial space, Southampton. Divides a ground floor and adds a rear external staircase to create two self-contained flats, at full application stage. Partitioning, drainage and M&E packages support the residential fit-out, with glazing and joinery for the new staircase.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Store At rear 104 Portswood Road Southampton
Commercial kitchen conversion in Southampton, altering doors and windows. Rear retail unit reconfigured for food preparation at full application stage. Extraction, catering M&E and door/window packages suit specialist installers.
Fit-outM&EGlazing
27 Mill Road Southampton SO15 4JB
Two-storey side and rear extension with loft conversion, Southampton. Adds part two-storey, part single-storey wings plus a rear dormer and roof restructuring to an existing house, amending an earlier approval at full application stage. Roofing, structural steelwork and glazing packages dominate…
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
5B Alexandra Road Southampton SO15 5DH
Single-storey side and rear extension incorporating a converted garage, Southampton. Adds ground-floor living space by extending and reconfiguring an existing dwelling at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and groundworks packages suit local builders, with glazing and joinery for the new…
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
102 Oaktree Road Southampton SO18 1PH
Two-storey rear extension, Southampton. Adds two floors of living space to an existing house at full application stage. Roofing, brickwork and groundworks packages suit local subcontractors, with steelwork over new openings.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
97 Vanguard Road Southampton SO18 2EH
Single-storey rear extension, 6m deep, Southampton. Adds ground-floor living space to an existing house via prior approval procedure. Brickwork, roofing, groundworks and glazing packages suit local trades and material suppliers.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
37 Harefield Road Southampton SO17 3TG
Single-storey wrap-around extension, Southampton. Adds front, side and rear envelope to an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and glazing packages suit local subcontractors, with groundworks for the extended footings.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
Planning appeals in Southampton City Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Southampton City Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Southampton City Council, raw rate
21.1%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.4%
national rates applied to this caseload
7.3 percentage points below expected. Southampton City Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
544 appeals counted, 497 judged either way (105 allowed, 392 dismissed), 47 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 17% | 28.8% | 291 | 276 | 47 |
| Householder (HAS) | 36.7% | 35.6% | 100 | 98 | 36 |
| Enforcement Notice | 7% | 13.5% | 73 | 57 | 4 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 20% | 20.6% | 25 | 25 | 5 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 31.8% | 33.3% | 22 | 22 | 7 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 33.3% | 36.9% | 12 | 12 | 4 |
6 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Land | None judged | Not published | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Advertisement Appeal | Too few judged | 36% | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | Too few judged | 25% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | Too few judged | 25.2% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Southampton City Council
Southampton City Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Southampton City Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent68 homes
- Shared ownership3 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Southampton City Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- other89% (38 decided)
- householder91% (35 decided)
- commercial100% (13 decided)
- residential85% (13 decided)
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