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134 Ditchling Road Brighton BN1 4SG

BH2024/02865Lawful Development Certificate ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 10 February 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing use as a petrol filling station (Sui generis).

Received
21 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Round Hill
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 134 Ditchling Road Brighton BN1 4SG. Brighton and Hove has handled 168 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 3 weeks longer than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. There have been 2 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.

86% of amendment 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 4SG
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2024
Consultation expiry
27 January 2025
Target decision date
10 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Graham Adcock
Agent address
Elta House Birmingham Road Stratford Upon Avon CV37 0AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 January 2025
Advertisement expiry
27 January 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Ditchling Court 136 Ditchling RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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