Preston Barracks, Mithras House, Watts Building Lewes Road Brighton BN2 4GL

BH2023/01736Removal or Variation of ConditionAwaiting decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Application for variation of condition 1 of application BH2019/00628 (see original application description BH2017/00492) to facilitate a consolidated retail convenience store (use class E(a) ) within the ground floor of Preston Barracks Block A (Site Parcel 9) together with changes to external ground floor elevations of Block A, and variation of conditions 1 and 62 to allow for subdivision and partial use of Preston Barracks Workshop 01 (Site Parcel 8) for ancillary retail storage (use class E(a)) and retained workshop unit (previously use class B1).

Received: 19 June 2023
Decision due: 2 October 2023
Public comments: 6
Council: Brighton and Hove City Council
Ward: Moulsecoomb & Bevendean

ReceivedReceived19 Jun
ValidatedValidated3 Jul
Consult.Consultation25 Jul
TargetTarget Date2 Oct
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Preston Barracks, Mithras House, Watts Building Lewes Road Brighton BN2 4GL. Brighton and Hove has handled 498 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 June 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Moulsecoomb & Bevendean. We hold 2,608 applications in total for the BN2 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode: BN2 4GL
Application type: Removal or Variation of Condition
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 31 July 2023
Consultation start: 4 July 2023
Consultation end: 25 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mr Mark Hoskins
Agent address: 118 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5EA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 10 July 2023
Advertisement expiry: 31 July 2023
Site notice start: 7 July 2023
Site notice end: 28 July 2023

Additional information

Documents: 17
Constraints: 29

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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.

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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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