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544A Falmer Road Brighton BN2 6ND

BH2024/02643Full PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 17 January 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of third floor rear extension above existing extension and roof alterations and extensions including raising of ridge height, replacement of rear dormer and installation of side rooflights to facilitate the conversion of 1no flat into 1no bedsit and 1no two bedroom maisonette (C3).

Received
25 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Woodingdean
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 64 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 544A Falmer Road Brighton BN2 6ND. Brighton and Hove has handled 1,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 3 weeks longer than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,608 applications in total for the BN2 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
BN2 6ND
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2024
Consultation expiry
16 December 2024
Consultation start
19 November 2024
Consultation end
10 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
11 December 2024
Target decision date
9 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 West Street Shoreham By Sea BN43 5WF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 November 2024
Advertisement expiry
16 December 2024

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    16 Sep

    Raise the wall and complete roof to existing rear storage building.

    RefusedFull PlanningBH2025/02317

Source: Brighton and Hove

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