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62 Beaconsfield Road Brighton BN1 4QJ

BH2023/02304Full PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 27 October 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from tool hire shop (Use Class E) to public house/wine bar (Sui Generis). (Retrospective)

Received
16 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
31
Ward
Round Hill
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 72 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 62 Beaconsfield Road Brighton BN1 4QJ. Brighton and Hove has handled 1,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 9 days longer than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Round Hill. We hold 1,684 applications in total for the BN1 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
BN1 4QJ
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2023
Consultation expiry
29 September 2023
Consultation start
31 August 2023
Consultation end
26 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
1 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 September 2023
Target decision date
11 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Cedar Chase Findon Worthing BN14 0US

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
29 September 2023
Site notice start
8 September 2023
Site notice end
29 September 2023

Additional information

Documents
47
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Preston ParkNext to the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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.

© 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.

Source: Brighton and Hove

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