St James’ and Langstone Campus allocation
405 homes. Local Plan allocation. Milton.
1 · What is planned
Homes and stage
Allocation paper: about 417 dwellings, 12 completed before the plan period, 405 in the plan period. Parcels above are part of this campus; do not add them to it.
Where it stands: Remaining sites are in the submitted Local Plan; the stage of each parcel needs a current planning-register check.
Former St James’ Hospital: Vistry and Abri (Locks Reach)58 homes plannedApproved 8 August 2025; condition details approved 17 October 2025. Abri expected a spring 2026 start, first homes in winter 2026 and final handovers in 2027; actual commencement not verified.Details and evidence St James Park, Southsea (PJ Livesey)Total not published Development has been under way for several years; PJ Livesey reportedly bought the land in January 2019. Show homes are open. The precise construction start was not verified.Details and evidence
The council’s Local Plan view
Ownership, constraints and open questions
- Ownership
- A mixed-ownership comparator: council documents identify separate Homes England, university and private-promoter interests. It is not wholly council-owned.
- Proposal
- The allocation paper describes about 417 dwellings; 12 had been completed before the plan period, so the later plan-period figure is 405.
- Status
- The remaining sites are in the submitted local plan; the stage of each parcel needs a current planning-register check.
- Constraints
- Different ownership, viability, access, flood risk and sensitive habitats require parcel-by-parcel assessment.
- Open question
- What has been completed on each parcel, which permissions remain, and what public facilities are secured?
Portsmouth City Council, strategic transport assessment addendum, page 28, February 2026 ↗
Evidence