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26 Southall Avenue Brighton BN2 4BB

BH2025/02598Lawful Development Certificate ExistingAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing use as small house in multiple occupation (C4).

Received
21 October 2025
Decision due
1 January 2026
Ward
Moulsecoomb & Bevendean
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 26 Southall Avenue Brighton BN2 4BB. Brighton and Hove has handled 168 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Moulsecoomb & Bevendean. We hold 2,608 applications in total for the BN2 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
BN2 4BB
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2025
Consultation expiry
1 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
1 December 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Local nature reserve: Bevendean DownNext to the site
  • 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, 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.

Source: Brighton and Hove

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