North Cottages Ovingdean Road Brighton BN2 7BB Data via plota.co.uk

BH2025/03102 Approved
DemolitionNew homes

Proposal

Demolition of garage and division of plot with erection of new two bedroom house with own rear garden and shared driveway. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Dec 2025
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Validated
12 Jan 2026
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Approved
6 Aug 2026

Approved on 6 Aug 2026 · Last checked 12 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Brighton and Hove Planning Committee on 5 Aug 2026.

Approved unanimously

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The committee supported the application after discussing its design, windows, conservation area and contribution to housing.
  • Members supported the design, its suitability and addition to the housing stock.
  • The committee unanimously granted planning permission subject to the report’s conditions and informatives.

Source: Plota analysis of Brighton and Hove's committee minutes, Brighton and Hove Planning Committee minutes, 5 August 2026 .

Documents

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Site constraints 7

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Durrants Flints and the Cot, Grade II, about 24 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Ovingdean conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National park about 103 m away: South Downs
Outside the park; its setting can still be raised.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Brighton and Hove built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Brighton and Hove
Postcode
BN2 7BB
Received
23 Dec 2025
Validated
12 Jan 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
6 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 206 days from validation, 146 days slower than Brighton and Hove's median of 60 for demolitions. Approved, as 94% of demolitions here are.

44%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Brighton and Hove in the last twelve months, from validation. Brighton and Hove decision record →

Historical activity at this location

26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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Brighton and Hove
Planning Authority Score
4.3/10
Below average
#185 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Brighton and Hove is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #238 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Brighton and Hove decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #107 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #70 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #238 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #200 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
189 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
70%
Change of use approved
63 decided
1,719
Total decisions
176 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings