A ballot was held on the creation of a Business Improvement District (BID) for Portsmouth City Centre.

The proposal to establish a Business Improvement District for Portsmouth City Centre was approved.

The result of the BID is as follows:

I, Natalie Brahma-Pearl, being the Ballot Holder for the Portsmouth Business Improvement District ballot, hereby give notice that the number of votes cast were as follows:

Total number of votes cast in the ballot, excluding any given on ballot papers rejected 84
Aggregate rateable value of each hereditament in respect of which a person voted in the ballot £7,396,600
Total number of votes cast in favour of the proposed Business Improvement District for Portsmouth 78
Aggregate rateable value of each hereditament in respect of which a person voting in the ballot has voted in favour of the proposed Business Improvement District for Portsmouth £7,091,450
The total number of ballot papers rejected as unsigned, unmarked or void for uncertainty 2

I hereby declare that a majority of business ratepayers in the proposed BID area who voted, voted in favour of the proposal, both by numbers voting and by aggregate rateable value.

The proposal to establish a Business Improvement District for Portsmouth is therefore approved.

Monday, 16 March 2026
Natalie Brahma-Pearl
Ballot Holder