Brighton College Preparatory School Walpole Lodge 2 Walpole Road And Pre-Prep School Eastern Road, 2 Belle…Brighton College Preparatory School Walpole Lodge 2 Walpole Road And Pre-Prep School Eastern Road, 2 Belle Vue Gardens And 141 And 143 Eastern Road Brighton Data via plota.co.uk
Description
(1) Erection of a new teaching building at the St Mary's Hall site including new classrooms, a new multi-use hall with independent access and specialist teaching rooms, associated access, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments and other associated works; and (2) Redevelopment of the Convent site including demolition of 20th century extensions, change of use of existing Prep School to boarding accommodation (Use Class C2), roof extension to the existing building, erection of a new building to provide boarding accommodation for students and associated residential staff, adjoining offices, common rooms, kitchens and support spaces, associated access, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments and other associated works including ancillary residential accommodation for the staff at 2 Belle Vue Gardens and 141 and 143 Eastern Road. Attachment of 2no new pedestrian gates to wall and proposed substation structure abutting wall at St Marys site. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Planning committee
Decided by Brighton and Hove Planning Committee on 2 Jul 2025. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- Planning officers advised that a travel plan should be secured by condition if permission was granted.
- Residents and councillors raised concerns about policy, housing, traffic, parking, amenity and the effect on the neighbourhood.
- The committee voted five to five, with the Chair’s casting vote granting permission subject to a legal agreement and conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Brighton and Hove's committee minutes of 2 Jul 2025.
Site constraints 6
Checked on 19 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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