Portsmouth 3D Model

Design and plan with precision using Portsmouth’s digital twin

VU.CITY Portsmouth saves time and money for professionals involved in the design, planning and development of the built environment. ‍

Our accurate and interactive 3D digital twin model of Portsmouth is enriched with data and tools to help you collaborate and analyse the real world impact of proposals, allowing you to make better design, and planning decisions, faster.

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DATA LAYERS
60.25 sq km

MODELLED TO 15CM ACCURACY
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Consents approved VU.CITY
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TREES, ACCURATE HEIGHT AND CANOPY

Portsmouth data layers

From transportation and zoning to environmental factors, VU.CITY Portsmouth 3D model data layers provide essential insights for more informed and confident decision-making.

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DATA LAYERS

Education Establishments

Hospitals

Deprivation Index

Air Quality Management Areas

Local Nature Reserves

RAMSAR

SPA

Flood Defences

Flood Zone 3

Risk of Flooding

EPC Non-Domestic

Noise Pollution - Rail

Approx. Age of Buildings

Planning Easements

Greenspace Sites

Housing Option Areas

Fire Stations

Places of Worship

Supermarkets

Cycle Network

GPs

Annual Average Household Income

Population Density

Scheduled Monuments

Priority Habitat Locations

SAC

Areas Benefitting from Flood Defences

Flood Zone 2

Recorded Flood Outlines

EPC Domestic

Listed Building Points

Noise Pollution - Road

Conservation Areas

Freehold Assets

Highways Adopted

SSSI

Police Stations

Retail Boundaries

Scheduled Monuments

VU.CITY Portsmouth is the most accurate interactive 3D model available of the city.

Portsmouth has a strong marine heritage, with a naval dock and ferry port. It is the UK's only island city and is extremely flat and low lying; its island location leads it to being very constrained, with limited large sites for development, and additional complications including flood risk sites, contaminated land and nature conservation.

The west side of Portsmouth is commercial-focussed through its city centre and docklands, while its east side features residential areas with open spaces, and the southern part is defined by the seafront, historical fortifications and residential areas.

Award-winning schemes, such as Gunwharf Quays and Spinnaker Tower, have revitalised the city, and there is plenty of opportunity to be explored in the UK’s most densely populated city outside of London, particularly in its designated Tall Building Areas.

Users of VU.CITY Portsmouth include Portsmouth City Council and Hawkins\Brown who have taken advantage of the model’s many benefits. From being able to understand and assess a site’s opportunities and challenges, testing refined designs in context, enhancing pre-app conversations and planning submissions, to improving how everyone involved collaborates.

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VU.CITY Portsmouth: 3D Model Features and Planning Tools

Belfast Consent Planning Timeline in a Digital Twin 3D Model using VU.CITY

Easily import your designs from external 3D software such as Revit, Rhino, SketchUp & 3ds Max into the model of Belfast and test how they will work in situ

Import a Rhino, Revit, SketchUp 3DS Max, or 3D Model into a digital twin 3D city model using VU.CITY Belfast

Microclimate, Sunlight, Weather and Atmospherics analysis in VU.CITY Belfast's 3D Model and Digital Twin Platform

Conduct Viewsheds, view studies, feasibility studies, present concepts, export images and video from the VU.CITY 3D Model Digital Twin of Belfast

Conduct ZTV and ZVI Studies & Assessments in a Digital Twin using the VU.CITY Belfast 3D Model

Collaborate in VU.CITY Belfast's Digital Twin 3D Model. Annotate and tag your team and stakeholders

Collaborate with stakeholders using the VU.CITY Hub, Digital Twin and 3D Model for Belfast

Consented Schemes Timeline

Realise a site’s potential by viewing and assessing recently consented developments across the city, leveraging geospatial data aggregation for precise insights.

Test Massing

Assess multiple initial massing options at an early stage and GEA potential quickly.

Import Designs

Easily import your designs from external 3D modelling software (such as Revit, Rhino, SketchUp and 3DS Max) into the Belfast model and test how they work in situ.

Sunlight Analysis

Quickly view and assess the initial impact of light from your proposed developments.

Camera Studies and Tools

Conduct high-level townscape and visual impact assessments. Agree on key views to analyse further. Select key views and confidently present your proposals to take stakeholders on your design journey.

Zone of Theoretical Visibility

Save time by eliminating unnecessary views for analysis. Understand where your scheme can be seen from and which views are critical to assess.

Annotate with Tags

Mark up comments and actions and easily collaborate on a site or scheme with project team members.

Scope, Design and Collaborate

VU.CITY’s project collaboration space, the Hub, allows you to seamlessly communicate with stakeholders, to make better design and planning decisions, faster.

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VU.CITY Portsmouth FAQs

Here are some frequently asked questions about VU.CITY's Portsmouth 3D Digital Twin and Model.

The VU.CITY Portsmouth 3D model helps architects, planners, and developers visualise projects within Portsmouth’s unique cityscape. It supports decision-making by showing the potential impact of new developments in this densely populated, low-lying city.

The model includes tools like sunlight analysis, massing options, and flood risk assessments, which help ensure that developments align with Portsmouth’s environmental needs and urban landscape, particularly in areas prone to flooding.

Yes, you can import designs from Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, and more into the Portsmouth model. This feature lets you test your project within the city’s actual layout, helping you visualise its impact and explore design options.

Key features include massing studies, a timeline of consented schemes, sunlight analysis, and the Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) tool, which helps assess view impacts from critical areas within Portsmouth.

Architects, developers, planners, and local authorities all benefit. The model enhances collaboration, supports informed planning, and helps ensure that new developments align with Portsmouth’s strategic goals and heritage conservation needs.

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