Land North Of 32A Melbourne Street Brighton BN2 3LH Data via plota.co.uk

BH2025/02466 Refused

Proposal

Erection of 2no. two-storey terraced houses. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
6 Oct 2025
✓
Validated
6 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
27 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 27 Mar 2026 · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Registered park or garden about 69 m away: Woodvale Cemetery
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Brighton and Hove built-up area; Air quality management area about 59 m away: Brighton and Hove AQMA 1.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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

Postcode
BN2 3LH
Received
6 Oct 2025
Validated
6 Jan 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
27 Mar 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 80 days from validation, 15 days slower than Brighton and Hove's median of 65 for new homes. Refused, as 19% of new homes here are.

41%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
12%go to committee

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

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