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8 Preston Park Avenue Brighton BN1 6HJ

BH2023/03326Full PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 19 September 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to the rear from existing (C3) to an outdoor education and recreation space (F1) with alterations to include widening of existing vehicle access and crossover, alterations to existing driveway, installation of driveway to the side, installation of accessible parking and cycle parking to the rear, landscape alterations and any associated works.

Received
14 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Preston Park
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided19 Sep

Decided in 253 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 Preston Park Avenue Brighton BN1 6HJ. Brighton and Hove has handled 1,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 280 days, 31 weeks longer than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. The site is in the Preston Park conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Preston Park. 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 6HJ
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2024
Consultation expiry
12 August 2024
Consultation start
22 July 2024
Consultation end
12 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
16 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
6 February 2024
Target decision date
6 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Miss Rebecca Kinneavy
Agent address
Cooksbridge Station House Cooksbridge BN8 4SW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 January 2024
Advertisement expiry
16 February 2024
Site notice start
19 January 2024
Site notice end
9 February 2024

Additional information

Documents
43
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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