Great Southsea Street, Southsea
- Bedrooms
- 8
- Bathrooms
- 8
Key Features
- Rare Residential Development Opportunity
- Former Carter & Co Restaurant/Public House
- Planning Consent Granted
- Conversion to Two 4-Bedroom Townhouses
- Substantial Character Building
- Prime Portsmouth Location
- Strong Local Housing Demand
- Additional Adjoining Land Available Separately
- Potential for Two Further 4-Bedroom Townhouses
- Available With Joint Venture Opportunities
Description
RARE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY – PLANNING CONSENT GRANTED
An exciting opportunity to acquire the former Carter & Co restaurant/pub with planning consent for conversion into two substantial four-bedroom townhouses.
The scheme offers the potential to create high-quality family homes, combining the character of the existing building with modern residential accommodation. Ideally located for Portsmouth and Southsea, the development benefits from strong local demand for quality family housing.
Additional adjoining land is also available by separate negotiation, offering the potential to create two further four-bedroom townhouses.
A rare opportunity for developers, investors or those seeking a substantial residential project in a sought-after Portsmouth location.
Planning information and further details available upon request.
Description - Exceptional Residential Conversion Opportunity
Carter & Co, Portsmouth
An exciting opportunity to acquire Carter & Co, a prominent former restaurant and public house, with planning consent for its conversion into two substantial four-bedroom townhouses.
The approved scheme provides an excellent opportunity to transform this well-known building into a pair of stylish and spacious family homes, retaining the character and presence of the existing property while creating contemporary residential accommodation designed for modern living.
The proposed townhouses are expected to provide generous living accommodation across multiple floors, with the scale and layout ideally suited to the increasingly strong demand for high-quality family housing within Portsmouth and the surrounding area.
A further significant attraction is the adjoining land to the side of the property, which is available by separate negotiation and offers the potential for the creation of two additional four-bedroom townhouses. This provides an incoming purchaser with the opportunity to acquire the consented conversion scheme initially, with the potential to expand the development through the separate acquisition of the adjoining site.
The existing planning consent provides a valuable head start, allowing a purchaser to progress towards implementation without the uncertainty and timescale associated with seeking an entirely new planning approval.
The location provides excellent access to the amenities of Portsmouth and Southsea, with the area benefiting from strong demand for well-designed family homes and a limited supply of new residential opportunities.
An Opportunity with Genuine Development Potential
Opportunities to acquire established buildings with the potential for high-quality residential conversion, together with adjoining development land, are increasingly rare. The combination of an existing consented scheme, an established building and the potential to acquire additional land makes this an opportunity worthy of close consideration by developers, investors and owner-occupiers seeking a substantial bespoke home.
The two townhouse conversion opportunity and the adjoining land for two further townhouses are available separately. Further information, including planning details and proposed accommodation, is available upon request.
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Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
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- Date Posted
- 2026-10-21
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
- Mains
- Water
- Mains
- Heating
- Gas Central Heating
- Broadband
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- Sewerage
- Mains
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
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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 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 94% 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
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery420 metresOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 462
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Jude's CofE Primary School460 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 407
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy978 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 495
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Southsea Infant School0.7 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Pupils
- 167
- Type
- Community school
- St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 274
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Ark Charter Academy769 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 883
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England
- St Edmund's Catholic School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,157
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Priory School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,278
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- The Portsmouth Academy1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,203
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Miltoncross Academy1.6 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. 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 20 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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