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Guide Price£975,000

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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Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-10-21

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Water
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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

Property Features

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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

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good LimitedO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Limited

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

Co-op FR Southsea - Green Road, Portsmouth267 metres
Tesco Southsea Elm Grove Express, Portsmouth355 metres
Spar - St Jamess Road, Portsmouth427 metres

GP surgery

Trafalgar Medical Group Practice533 metres

Pharmacy

Rowlands Pharmacy582 metres

Hospital

St Mary'S Hospital1.5 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden269 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

Southsea Hoverport712 metres

Nearest bus stop

Green Road139 metres

Typical drive times

Havant14 min · 9 miles
Fareham13 min · 8.8 miles
Emsworth16 min · 11 miles
Portsmouth (city)3 min · 0.8 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

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

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

Medium to low risk (1 in 100 to 1 in 1000)

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.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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