79 Stanford Avenue Brighton BN1 6FA
Approved on 27 September 2023
Council decision: Prior Approval Required ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior Approval for change of use from commercial, business and service (E) to residential (C3) to form 2no dwellinghouses.
- Received
- 2 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Hollingdean & Fiveways
- ReceivedReceived2 Aug
- ValidatedValidated2 Aug
- Consult.Consultation29 Aug
- TargetTarget Date27 Sep
- DecidedDecided27 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 79 Stanford Avenue Brighton BN1 6FA. Brighton and Hove has handled 522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. The site is in the Preston Park conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Hollingdean & Fiveways. We hold 1,684 applications in total for the BN1 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
- BN1 6FA
- Application type
- Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 4 September 2023
- Consultation start
- 8 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 29 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 27 September 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Sean Garrick
- Agent address
- 36 Edburton Avenue Brighton BN1 6EJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 14 August 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 September 2023
- Site notice start
- 11 August 2023
- Site notice end
- 1 September 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 31
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Preston Park
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20255 Dec
1 x lime - re-pollard 1 x sycamore - reduce by 3m back to live growth points 4 x chestnut re-pollard reason…
ApprovedTreeworks on Preserved Trees (Lopping)BH2025/02972 - 20242 Aug
External alterations including relocation of entrance door within existing window opening and the removal of…
ApprovedHouseholderBH2024/01905
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