Skip to content

82 Terminus Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 3LX

260054Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 21 July 2026

2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from Retail Store (Class E) to Bingo Premises (Sui Generis)

Received
29 January 2026
Ward
Meads
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Mar
  4. Target22 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 103 days (council typically 7)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 82 Terminus Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 3LX. Eastbourne has handled 338 applications of this type. This one was decided in 173 days, 24 weeks longer than Eastbourne's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Meads. We hold 144 applications in total for the BN21 postcode area.

99% of full applications at Eastbourne Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 1 week (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Why it was refused

  1. Unacceptable Impact on Residential Amenity The proposed 24-hour operation, by reason of noise, disturbance and activity associated with the use, including late-night patron movements and congregation, would result in significant adverse impacts on the living conditions of nearby and adjoining residential occupiers. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that such impacts could be adequately mitigated. The development is therefore contrary to Core Strategy Policy D4, saved Policy HO20 and NE18, and paragraphs 96 and 135(f) of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
  2. Loss of Retail Use and Harm to Primary Retail Frontage The proposed development, by reason of the introduction of a sui generis bingo/arcade use, would result in the loss of a Class E commercial unit within a designated Primary Retail Frontage within Primary Retail Area 5 (PRA5). The proposal would fail to maintain an active, continuous and retail-led frontage and would undermine the vitality, viability and character of the town centre. It would also contribute to an over-concentration of non-retail uses. The development is therefore contrary to Policies TC1, TC2 and TC4 of the Eastbourne Town Centre Local Plan (2016) and paragraphs 90–92 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN21 3LX
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2026
Consultation expiry
29 March 2026
Consultation start
5 March 2026
Consultation end
29 March 2026
Target decision date
22 July 2026
Application expires
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Brown&Co 5 Oakwood Road Lincoln LN63LH

Planning decision

Case officer
Ella Rigluth
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14314087
UPRN
10093963608
Documents
14

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

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: Eastbourne

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BN21

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report