49 Florence Road Brighton BN1 6DL
Approved on 24 July 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of existing large house in multiple occupation (sui generis) to 1no residential dwelling (C3) with alterations to include removal of front dormer, installation of front and rear rooflights, replacement of rear dormer hanging tiles with slate, erection of single storey rear extension, revised fenestration and any associated works.
- Received
- 8 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Round Hill
- ReceivedReceived8 May
- ValidatedValidated30 May
- Consult.Consultation23 Jun
- TargetTarget Date25 Jul
- DecidedDecided24 Jul
Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 49 Florence Road Brighton BN1 6DL. Brighton and Hove has handled 1,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 2 weeks longer than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. The site is in the Preston Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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 6DL
- Application type
- Full Planning
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 23 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Edward Wang
- Agent address
- Mocatta House Trafalgar Place Brighton BN1 4DU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 June 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 July 2025
- Site notice start
- 9 June 2025
- Site notice end
- 30 June 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Brighton and Hove
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