View planning applications online

Our Public Access online planning database provides you with the ability to view general information regarding planning applications including all supporting plans and documentation.

Applications can be searched for in a number of ways:

• By application number

• By address

• By date (validated and decided dates)

• By map view

• By other application details including: ward, status, type, decision

You can also view the decision notice of an application (available for applications determined since December 2005. Decision notices will be accessible to view within 2 working days of being issued subject to resources and workload. You will not be able print the decision notices as they are legal documents and carry a fee of £4.46. Copies of decision notices are available from the address at the bottom of this page.

Comments regarding an open application can also be made online. See our separate page ‘have your say on planning applications’ for advice on how to submit comments online.

Information about Public Access

• PublicAccess may not be available occasionally due to essential maintenance.
  

• PublicAccess is not intended to replace the Council's statutory register of planning applications. Current planning applications and documents are available for viewing on request at Gateway, Southampton City Council, Civic Centre, Southampton (Tel 023 8083 2166) during normal office hours. Historic records require 2 working days notice.
  

• The online planning history contained within the site at present is incomplete and must not be used as a substitute for carrying out a formal Land Charges Search. No responsibility will be taken for any errors or omissions in the planning history information obtained from PublicAccess. Similarly the information contained within PublicAccess does not constitute in any way a formal notification of a planning decision, and as such any actions taken as a result of information displayed on the site are undertaken entirely at the viewer's own risk.
  

• Whilst all plans and drawings on this web site are scans of scaled originals, the images will not appear at any particular scale on your computer screen. Figured dimensions, where they appear, are the only relative indications of measurements on these images. Most but not all PDF scaled plans carry a tool for you to use to measure unmarked dimensions.
  

• Some downloadable documents are in Adobe Acrobat Reader® format. To read these documents you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC.

• If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader® you will need to go to the Adobe web site. Please click the logo
  
  

• Also, some files are likely to be large because of their content. The files may take a few minutes to download and it is recommended that you have a broadband Internet connection (modem). Please check with your provider if you are unsure about the speed of your connection.
  

• To submit a planning application for consideration, please follow the link to the Planning Portal, an external government facility where you will be able to complete an application, submit plans and drawings and pay online.

Copyright Notice

Plans, drawings and material submitted to the Council are protected by the Copyright Acts (Section 47, 1988 Act). You may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Ordnance Survey Copyright

Mapping products used by this website are reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. 10019679 2004. If you wish to licence mapping products for your own use, please contact the Ordnance Survey or use our online mapping site

Please click the button below to agree to the copyright notice to proceed to PublicAccess.