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Ambulance Station Elm Grove Brighton BN2 3EU

BH2023/01275Full PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 21 December 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Temporary change of use for a period of 5 years from health services related ambulance station (Sui Generis) to health services related storage area (B8) including formation of 29 no fleet parking spaces, re-surfacing, new external lighting and signage and associated works.

Received
28 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Hanover & Elm Grove
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 237 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ambulance Station Elm Grove Brighton BN2 3EU. Brighton and Hove has handled 1,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 237 days, 25 weeks longer than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Hanover & Elm Grove. We hold 2,608 applications in total for the BN2 postcode area.

87% of full 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 3EU
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2023
Consultation expiry
17 November 2023
Consultation start
27 October 2023
Consultation end
17 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 June 2023
Target decision date
28 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
16 June 2023
Site notice start
19 May 2023
Site notice end
9 June 2023

Additional information

Documents
39
Constraints
12

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.

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

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

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    10 Jan

    Application for Approval of Details reserved by Condition 4 (tree protection plan) of application BH2023/01275

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsBH2024/00071
  2. 2023
    28 Apr

    Temporary change of use for a period of 5 years from health services related ambulance station (Sui Generis)…

    This applicationApprovedFullBH2023/01275

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