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BH2025/00981 - Approval of Details Reserved by Cond Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for Approval of Details reserved by Conditions 3 (Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)) and 5 (Surface Water Drainage) of application . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
8 Apr 2025
✓
Validated
23 Apr 2025
✓
Consultation
7 May 2025
Decision
Target date was 18 Jun 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 11 Nov 2026; it is now day 567.

The consultation period closed on 2 Jun 2025.

Documents 18

Statements & assessments 10

PDF SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE Consultee Comment · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DRAINAGE CALCULATIONS Supporting Document(s) · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE Consultee Comment · 1 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF DRAINAGE STRATEGY REPORT Supporting Document(s) · 16 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE Consultee Comment · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 9 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE Consultee Comment · 28 May 2025 View ↗ PDF DRAINAGE DOCUMENTATION Supporting Document(s) · 8 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF DRAINAGE DOCUMENTATION Supporting Document(s) · 8 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF DRAINAGE PLAN Drawing(s) · 8 Apr 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF UPDATED CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Supporting Document(s) · 13 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Supporting Documents Superseded · 9 May 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 8 Apr 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH UPDATED Consultee Comment · 20 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comment · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF LETTER FROM SOUTHERN WATER Supporting Document(s) · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF UPDATED CEMP Supporting Documents Superseded · 30 Jun 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 6

Site constraints 5

Regency Square 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 ↗
Air quality management area: Brighton and Hove AQMA 1
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; 13 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Brighton and Hove built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. 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
Application type
Approval of Details Reserved by Cond
Postcode
BN1 2ED
Received
8 Apr 2025
Validated
23 Apr 2025
Ward
Regency
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Jun 2025
Applicant
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Agent
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Decision outlook

Day 567, past the statutory target. 69% of discharge of conditions in Brighton and Hove are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 9 Nov 2026.

Day 567511 days past the 56-day target
38%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
171decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 9 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
7 May 2025
Comments by
2 Jun 2025
Site or press notice
12 May 2025
Statutory expiry
18 Jun 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

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Display of internally illuminated fascia and projecting signs to replace existing.
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Display of internally-illuminated fascia and hanging sign.
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Installation of 1no multifunctional communication hub including defibrillator.
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2017 Approved
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Display of internally-illuminated fascia and projecting signs.
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2017 Refused
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Installation of new shop front and roller shutters.
BH2017/01360
2017 Approved
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Display of non-illuminated digitally printed contra vision to shopfront.
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2017
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Brighton and Hove
Planning Authority Score
4.3/10
Below average
#185 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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