Former Car Park, Staunton Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1
Key Features
- Central location in Portsmouth
- Located close to Portsmouth's prominent commercial district
- Exciting opportunity with potential for a purpose built student accommodation scheme
- Would suit alternative uses such as residential or commercial uses (stp)
- Suitable for owner occupiers, investors and developers
- Freehold interest with vacant possession
- Guide price £600,000 stc
Description
Description
The site comprises a large, open area that is roughly rectangular in shape and is constructed with tarmac flooring. We understand that the site is an inactive car park that historically served a former office building.
Location
Portsmouth is located approximately 19 miles south east of Southampton and 70 miles south west of London. The city benefits from excellent road communications being situated at the M27/A27 junction, which links to M3 and A3(M) and provides access to London and the wider national motorway network.
The former car park is situated on the east side of Staunton Street, a site that is in close proximity to Commercial Road and the Cascades Shopping Centre. The immediate surrounding area is predominantly residential.
Planning
Interested parties should make their own planning enquiries and satisfy themselves in this regard.
We understand that the previous use was as a car park associated with the former adjoining office building.
Planning had been submitted for the "Construction of part one, part two, part three, part four storey building to form Student Halls of Residence (Class C1) comprising 40no. studio bedrooms, common room, gym, and associated refuse and cycle storage."
More planning information available on request.
Link to application:
VAT
We understand that the property is not elected for VAT.
Accommodation
The site has the following approximate area:
Business Rates / Council Tax Band
Rateable Value (2026): £22,500
Occupiers will pay approximately 43% of this per annum.
EPC
This site is exempt from requiring an EPC in its present form.
Legal Fees
Each party to bear their own legal costs incurred.
AML
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This process includes verifying identity, as well as confirming the source and availability of funds. Please note that we must obtain and record this information before any transaction can be formalised or contracts exchanged.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 50% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Ark Dickens Primary Academy179 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 446
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery454 metresOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 668
- Type
- Academy converter
- St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School621 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 237
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- The Flying Bull Academy712 metresOfsted report card · Jun 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 415
- Type
- Academy converter
- Manor Infant and Nursery School768 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Pupils
- 232
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- St Edmund's Catholic School645 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,157
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- The Portsmouth Academy762 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,203
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ark Charter Academy944 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 883
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England
- Priory School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,278
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Miltoncross Academy1.1 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 983
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Flude Property Consultants, Portsmouth
Regus, 1000 Lakeside North Harbour, Western Road, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN
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