78 West Street And 7-8 Middle Street Brighton BN1 2RA

BH2023/02811Removal or Variation of ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application to vary condition 1 of planning permission BH2020/03342 (original permission BH2015/04577) to allow amendments to approved drawings to amalgamate hotel with adjacent hotel site at 12 South Street incorporating: internal layout changes, removal of basement, location of main entrance on West Street, alterations to elevations including additional windows and removal of green walls.

Received: 18 October 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 9
Council: Brighton and Hove City Council
Ward: Regency

ReceivedReceived18 Oct
ValidatedValidated18 Oct
Consult.Consultation8 Feb
TargetTarget Date17 Jan
DecidedDecided13 Mar

Decided in 147 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at 78 West Street And 7-8 Middle Street Brighton BN1 2RA. Brighton and Hove has handled 498 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 12 weeks longer than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Town conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Regency. We hold 1,684 applications in total for the BN1 postcode area.

95% of conditions 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 2RA
Application type: Removal or Variation of Condition
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 October 2023
Consultation expiry: 8 February 2024
Consultation start: 18 January 2024
Consultation end: 8 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 6 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 27 November 2023
Target decision date: 17 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mr John Littman
Agent address: 1 Enmore Gardens Sheen London SW14 8RF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 10 November 2023
Advertisement expiry: 1 December 2023
Site notice start: 6 November 2023
Site notice end: 27 November 2023

Additional information

Documents: 51
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Old Town
Listed building: Grade II: Post on the Pavement at the Junction of Numbers 77 and 78 (Number 78 Not Included)On or next to this site
Heritage at Risk Register: Old Town
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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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