Major Planning Applications
(Also known as: Large planning schemes)
Current major planning applications
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Telephone: 023 8083 3318
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Major planning applicationsThis page provides details of some of the major developments throughout the city.
Please note the following information and documents are of a technical nature and may be difficult to understand for some people. The planning office telephone line is available if you do require extra help.
Also, some files are likely to be large because of their content. The files may take a few minutes to download and it is reccommended that you have a broadband internet connection (modem). Please check with your provider if you are unsure about the speed of your connection.
If you are unable to view any of these files, they are available in the Gateway One Stop Shop in the Civic Centre Southampton. Gateway is open between the times of
Monday, Tuesday, Friday 8.30am – 5.30pm
Wednesday 9.30am - 5.30pm
Thursday 8.30am - 7.00pm
Planning Office contact details
Telephone 023 8083 2603 or
Fax: 023 8083 2607 or
email: planning@southampton.gov.uk
You may also wish to talk to the officer who is dealing with the planning application and this is given in the descriptions on the pages of the planning applications
The downloadable documents are all in Adobe Acrobat Reader® format. To read the documents you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC.
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Christmas Ice Rink
Temporary Christmas Ice Rink in the Civic Centre car park, November the 21st 2008 - 10th of January 2009
Ocean Village
Application No. 08/00693/FUL
Millennium Hotel The Promontory, Ocean Way, Ocean Village
Erection of a 13-storey building to provide a 224 bedroom hotel with ancillary restaurant and cafe bar, spa, conference facilities and a marina control centre with events piazza adjoining and associated landscaping (Environmental Impact Assessment Development).
Centenary Quay SEEDA Application
Redevelopment of the site to provide industrial buildings (Class B2) with ancillary office accommodation, storage, access and parking to serve a super yachts manufacturer (total
floor space of 20,240 square metres) and associated works including new marine structures (Environmental Impact Assessment Development).
Dolphin Hotel
Land to the rear of the Dolphin Hotel Application No. 08/00438/FUL
Redevelopment of the site. Erection of buildings ranging in height from 4-storeys to 6-storeys to provide 73 flats ( 39 studios, 25 x 1-bedroom and 9 x 2-bedroom flats), with associated access and landscaping and 35 parking spaces for use by the Dolphin Hotel.
Former Norman Offer site
Operational Command Unit
Application No. 08/00378/FUL Former Norman Offer Transport depot, Southern Road
Portswood Bus Depot
Portswood Bus Depot, 224 Portswood Road Application No. 08/00386/OUT - New Application
Centenary Quay
Centenary Quay - New application for the Woolston Riverside (Vospers) site
Ordnance Survey Redevelopment
Ordnance Survey Romsey Road redevelopment
Building and Planning
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Building and planning teams look after Southampton’s built environment and consist of several departments linked together. They manage the whole process from developing the Local Plan all the way through to ensuring historic buildings are preserved for future generations. It also deals with climate change and conservation issues, listed buildings and archaeology
Northern Above Bar (Former Tyrell and Green)
Northern Above Bar redevelopment
IKEA Retail Store
IKEA retail store to be developed on the former Pirelli site in West Quay Road
Ocean Village Applications
Two planning applications have been submitted by Ocean Village Resorts Limited for developing land at Ocean Village.
Viewing and commenting on Planning Applications
Public Access online planning application web site.
Search the database and comment on planning applications by application number or address.
Service bulletin: 21st - 23rd of May 2008. PublicAccess is being upgraded during this period and there will be disruption to the service at various times. This is unavoidable and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
PLEASE NOTE: Not all applications have associated documents, e.g. plans available. Only those applications from approximately December 2007 may be available. There are plans to increase this availability to all applications when time and resources allow.
Service Status as from 23rd April 2008: We are experiencing issues with our large scanner and for the present time, some plans will not be available on-line.
There is a serious error showing all associated documents. If you experience these errors please try again later as we working with our software suppliers to resolve this issue.
In the meantime you can visit Gateway at the Civic Centre between 8.30am to 5.30pm (7.30pm 0n Thursdays) to view copies of current applications.
Last updated: 23 June 2008
