Planning Permission for non-port-related development will not be granted on operational Port Land.
View REI14 on the proposed modifications map here.
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The Port is a vital part of Southampton's economy, the regional economy and is a port of national importance. The council will support the continuing prosperity of the Port to ensure that its future is not constrained by the lack of land for associated and ancillary development.
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Not all Associated British Port's (ABP) land ownership is delineated on the Proposals Map. Certain land within the ownership of ABP is exempted from planning control in relation to port operational activities under the General Permitted Development Order 1995, Part 17, Class B. Permitted development is for the purposes of:
a) shipping, or
b) in connection with the embarking, disembarking, loading, discharging transport of passengers, livestock or goods at a dock, pier or harbour or the movement of traffic by canal or inland navigation or by any railway forming part of the undertaking.
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Operational Port uses in Southampton include: containers and new vehicle handling, cruise liner trade, grain and agribulks, fruit and fresh produce, liquid bulks and ship repair.
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If major land releases of 10 hectares of more come forward during the life-time of this Plan, this will trigger a review of the Plan.
Southampton City Council
