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Guide Price£100,000

Portsmouth Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19

Key Features

  • Offering Both Immediate Income Potential & Future Development Prospects
  • Investment Opportunity
  • Prominent Position

Description

For sale via secure sale online bidding - terms and conditions apply.

We are delighted to offer this excellent residential development and investment opportunity situated in a prominent position within Woolston, close to Southampton city centre.

The site benefits from a history of lapsed planning permissions and is currently occupied by five 48-sheet advertising hoardings, offering both immediate income potential and future development prospects.

Key Features
Lapsed planning permission for the erection of a two-storey building comprising three self-contained flats, including:
Two × 1-bedroom flats
One × 2-bedroom flat

Lapsed alternative planning permission for a two-storey building comprising:
One × 2-bedroom flat
One commercial unit

- Site area of approximately 280 sq m (3,013 sq ft)
- Currently occupied by five 48-sheet advertising hoardings
- Conveniently located close to Woolston railway station, providing services via South Western Railway
- Potential to enhance the previous schemes to provide three × 1-bedroom flats and one × 2-bedroom flat, subject to the necessary planning consents
- Further information available on a proposed enhanced scheme prepared by local reputable architects RS Studios

Location
The site occupies a prominent position within Woolston, a well-established residential and commercial area of Southampton. The location benefits from strong transport links, local amenities, and close proximity to the city centre, making it attractive to both owner-occupiers and investors.

Planning
The property has previously benefited from lapsed planning permissions for residential and mixed-use development. Interested parties are advised to make their own enquiries with the local planning authority. Details of the previous and proposed schemes are available upon request.

Opportunity
This site represents an ideal opportunity for developers and investors seeking a well-located plot with proven planning history and scope for value enhancement through renewed or revised consent.

Description

An excellent Residential Development plot of land

Location

Situated in a prominent position within Woolston, close to Southampton city centre.

Tenure

Freehold - Title number HP636315

Additional Information

For further information please contact our office directly on , or alternatively via email on . With regards to viewing subject property, this is to be done strictly by appointment.

Auctioneers Additional Comments

Pattinson Auction are referred to as The Auctioneer. This auction lot is being sold by either conditional (Modern) or unconditional (Traditional) auction terms and overseen by The Auctioneer. The method of auction sale and the applicable terms and conditions are found on the lot page of this property on The Auctioneers website. The property is available to view strictly by appointment only via any Marketing Agent or The Auctioneer. Please be aware that any enquiry, bid or viewing of the subject property will require your details to be shared between any marketing agent and The Auctioneer so that matters can be dealt with effectively. The property is being sold via a transparent online auction. To submit a bid, all bidders must adhere to a verification of identity process in line with Anti Money Laundering procedures. Bids can be submitted at any time and from anywhere.

Auctioneers Additional Comments

The advertised price is commonly referred to as a Starting Bid or Guide Price and is accompanied by a Reserve Price. The Reserve Price is confidential to the seller and The Auctioneer and will typically be within a range above or below 10% of the Guide Price or Starting Bid. These prices are subject to change. An auction can be closed at any time, with The Auctioneer permitting the property (the lot) to be sold prior to the end of the auction. A Legal Pack associated with this property is available to view upon request and contains details relevant to the legal documentation, enabling all interested parties to make an informed decision prior to bidding. The Legal Pack will also outline the buyers obligations and sellers commitments. It is strongly advised that you seek the counsel of a solicitor prior to proceeding with any property and/or Land Title purchase.

Auctioneers Additional Comments

In order to secure the property and ensure commitment from the seller, upon exchange of contracts the successful bidder will be expected to pay a non-refundable deposit equivalent to 5% of the purchase price. The deposit will form part of the purchase price. A non-refundable reservation fee of up to 6% inc VAT (subject to a minimum fee which could be up to 7,200 inc VAT) is also payable upon agreement of sale. The Reservation Fee is in addition to the agreed purchase price, and consideration should be given by the purchaser to any Stamp Duty Land Tax liability associated with the overall purchase costs. Both the Marketing Agent and The Auctioneer may consider it necessary or beneficial to pass customer details to third-party service suppliers, from whom a referral fee may be received. There is no requirement or obligation to use any recommended suppliers or services.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-02-06

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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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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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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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

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; 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

  • Woolston Infant School371 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    160
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Patrick's Catholic Primary School385 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    428
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Ludlow Infant Academy601 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    231
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Ludlow Junior School719 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    579
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Hope Community School Southampton0.9 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    219
    Type
    Free schools
    Faith
    Christian

Secondary

  • Oasis Academy Sholing1 mileOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,030
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Weston Secondary School1.1 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    653
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Oasis Academy Mayfield1.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    884
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • St Anne's Catholic School1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,189
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
    Gender
    Girls
  • Bitterne Park School2.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    2,036
    Type
    Foundation school

* 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

Co-op Woolston - Johns Road, Southampton53 metres
Lidl Woolston Southampton, Southampton264 metres
Co-op Woolston - Bridge Road, Southampton314 metres

GP surgery

Woolston And Chartwell Partnership408 metres

Pharmacy

Superdrug Pharmacy112 metres

Hospital

Royal South Hants Hospital1.3 miles

Green space

Play Space94 metres

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

Woolston Rail Station174 metres

Nearest bus stop

Johns Road34 metres

Typical drive times

Totton14 min · 6.1 miles
Eastleigh16 min · 6.6 miles
Hedge End10 min · 4.3 miles
Southampton (city)6 min · 1.9 miles

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

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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