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27 Rushlake Road Brighton BN1 9AE

BH2025/00860Lawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed loft conversion incorporating hip to gable extension, rear dormer and front rooflights.

Received
28 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coldean & Stanmer
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 27 Rushlake Road Brighton BN1 9AE. Brighton and Hove has handled 522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 10 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 13 applications across Coldean & Stanmer. We hold 1,684 applications in total for the BN1 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
BN1 9AE
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2025
Consultation expiry
27 May 2025
Target decision date
23 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Mel Humphrey
Agent address
9 Aldsworth Avenue Goring By Sea Worthing BN12 4XQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 May 2025
Advertisement expiry
27 May 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
13

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Brighton and Hove

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