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16 Reading Road Brighton BN2 5NE

BH2021/02175Lawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 August 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed hip to gable roof alterations incorporating rear dormer with juliette balcony, 3no rooflights to front slope and associated alterations

Received
11 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Brighton
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 16 Reading Road Brighton BN2 5NE. Brighton and Hove has handled 522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,608 applications in total for the BN2 postcode area.

93% of outline applications at Brighton and Hove City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN2 5NE
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2021
Consultation expiry
19 July 2021
Target decision date
6 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Reed
Architect profile
PAUL REED ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Studio Greenhouse 18 Bond Street Brighton BN1 1RD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 June 2021
Advertisement expiry
19 July 2021

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Brighton and Hove

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