230 Freshfield Road Brighton BN2 9YD

BH2024/01228Prior ApprovalRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 July 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Required RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Prior Approval for change of use to front ground floor and lower ground floor from office (E) to residential (C3) to create a 3 bedroom flat.

Received: 17 May 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 6
Council: Brighton and Hove City Council
Ward: Queen's Park

ReceivedReceived17 May
ValidatedValidated17 May
Consult.Consultation4 Jul
TargetTarget Date12 Jul
DecidedDecided12 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 230 Freshfield Road Brighton BN2 9YD. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Queen's Park. We hold 2,608 applications in total for the BN2 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: BN2 9YD
Application type: Prior Approval
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 May 2024
Consultation expiry: 4 July 2024
Consultation start: 13 June 2024
Consultation end: 4 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 22 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 12 June 2024
Target decision date: 12 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 23 Vine Street Brighton BN1 4AG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 28 May 2024
Advertisement expiry: 18 June 2024
Site notice start: 24 May 2024
Site notice end: 14 June 2024

Additional information

Documents: 15
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (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.

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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Source: Brighton and Hove

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