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BH2025/01711 - Full Planning Registered

Proposal

Internal alterations to facilitate an increase in hostel capacity from 178 beds to 246 beds and installation of new basement windows and doors. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Jul 2025
✓
Consultation
6 Aug 2025
Decision
Target date was 26 Aug 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 11 Nov 2026; it is now day 498.

The consultation period closed on 5 Sept 2025.

Documents 51

Statements & assessments 10

PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Supporting Document(s) · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING, DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT Supporting Document(s) · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & FOUL DRAINAGE STATEMENT Supporting Document(s) · 29 May 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & FOUL DRAINAGE STATEMENT - APPENDICES (PART 1) Supporting Document(s) · 29 May 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & FOUL DRAINAGE STATEMENT - APPENDICES (PART 2) Supporting Document(s) · 29 May 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE OFFICER Consultee Comment · 11 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY CHECKLIST Supporting Document(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Supporting Document(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Supporting Document(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 31

PDF PROPOSED CEILING AND WALL DETAILS Drawing(s) · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ALTERATION TO EXISTING EXTERNAL OPENINGS AT BASEMENT LEVEL Drawing(s) · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED BASEMENT LEVEL Drawing(s) · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing(s) · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BASEMENT DOORS Drawing(s) · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE LOCATION & BLOCK PLAN OS Extract · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING 3RD FLOOR PLAN Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING 1ST FLOOR PLAN Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING NORTH ELEVATION Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED 2ND FLOOR PLAN Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SOUTH ELEVATION Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTIONS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING 2ND FLOOR PLAN Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SOUTH & EAST ELEVATIONS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED 3RD FLOOR PLAN Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED 1ST FLOOR PLAN Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED BASEMENT PLAN Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING BASEMENT PLAN Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTIONS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED WINDOWS 5, 6 & 7 DETAILS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED WINDOWS 9, 10 & 11 DETAILS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED WINDOW 8 DETAILS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED WINDOW 15 DETAILS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING WINDOW 3 DETAILS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED DOOR 19 DETAILS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED WINDOWS 20, 21 & 22 DETAILS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED DOOR 1 DETAILS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED DOOR 2 DETAILS Drawing(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM Other · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 4

PDF PLANNING POLICY TEAM Consultee Comment · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSSEX POLICE COMMUNITY SAFETY Consultee Comment · 6 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF EXAMPLE IMAGE OF SLEEPING PODS Photo(s) · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX A PHOTOS Photo(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF SMOKE CURTAIN SPEC Supporting Document(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF FIRE CURTAIN FACE DETAILS Supporting Document(s) · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

55 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Royal York Buildings Including Bus Depot, Grade II, about 10 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 52 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.
Show all 55 with distances
Historic England ↗
Valley Gardens 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 ↗
Heritage at risk: Valley Gardens
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Registered park or garden about 173 m away: The Royal Pavilion, Brighton; Inside the Brighton and Hove built-up area; Air quality management area about 84 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 1 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.

Sales history 5

Last sold for £5,480,525 in August 2024. Other property, leasehold.

6 August 2024£5,480,525Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
15 July 2020£15,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
24 May 2017£76,250Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
2 February 2016£206,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
18 December 2015£4,000,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Brighton and Hove
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
BN1 1NH
Received
1 Jul 2025
Validated
1 Jul 2025
Ward
Regency
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Aug 2025
Applicant
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Agent
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Leaseholder
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Decision outlook

Day 498, past the statutory target. 65% of full applications 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 5 Nov 2026.

Day 498442 days past the 56-day target
36%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
7%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

36 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
7 Aug 2025
Consultation
6 Aug 2025
Comments by
5 Sept 2025
Site or press notice
15 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
26 Aug 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Internal alterations to facilitate an increase in hostel capacity from 178 beds to 246 be…
BH2025/01712
2025 Approved
Display of 3no. internally illuminated wall mounted signs to the north, south and east el…
BH2025/00957
2025 Withdrawn
Retrospective application for installation of new signage to north, south and east elevat…
BH2025/00011
2025 Approved
Retrospective application for installation of new signage to north, south and east elevat…
BH2025/00012
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
49 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NH
Change of use from existing visitor accommodation (C3) to flexible use as 6no person/bedr…
BH2025/03045
2025 Approved
62 - 63 East Street Brighton BN1 1HQ
Change of use of first floor from ancillary retail space (E) to form 3no dwellings (C3) a…
BH2025/01924
2025
Royal Albion Hotel 35 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NT
Temporary stabilisation/propping-up work to the Southern external wall.
BH2025/02683
2025
Royal Albion Hotel 35 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NT
Temporary stabilisation/propping-up work to the Southern external wall.
BH2025/02684
2025 Refused
Royal Albion Hotel 35 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NT
Partial demolition of the Royal Albion Hotel (Clive House - 14-15 Grand Junction Road) an…
BH2025/01320
2025 Refused
Royal Albion Hotel 35 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NT
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2025 Refused
Royal Albion Hotel 35 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NT
Partial demolition of the Royal Albion Hotel (western wing - former Lion Mansion Hotel) (…
BH2025/01200
2025 Refused
Royal Albion Hotel 35 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NT
Partial demolition of the Royal Albion Hotel (western wing - former Lion Mansion Hotel) (…
BH2025/01199
2025 Approved
47 - 48 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NH
External alterations including reinstatement of 2no basement-level windows, replacement o…
BH2025/00913
2025 Refused
10 East Street Brighton BN1 1HP
Change of use of space above rear of existing retail outlet (E) to create a one bedroom t…
BH2025/00226
2025 Approved
10 East Street Brighton BN1 1HP
Replacement of 2no first floor side windows with painted timber double-glazed sliding sas…
BH2025/01168
2025 Refused
47 - 48 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NH
Temporary change of use from offices (Class E) to large house in multiple occupation (sui…
BH2025/00912
2025 Approved
69 East Street Brighton BN1 1HQ
Alteration to existing recessed shopfront door, incorporating repositioning the door to b…
BH2025/01011
2025 Approved
10 - 12 Grand Junction Road Brighton BN1 1PN
Display of temporary externally illuminated scaffolding shroud to east elevation.
BH2025/00538
2024 Approved
69 East Street Brighton BN1 1HQ
Replacement of existing external extract flue with an extended flue.
BH2024/02847
2025 Approved
Hamilton House 52 - 53 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NH
3 x cherry - reduce by 1-2m 2 x sorbus - reduce by 0.5-1 to maintain reasonable size of t…
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Steine House 55 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1FT
Installation of 2no access hatches within existing water tank enclosure and installation…
BH2024/00918
2024 Approved
Steine House 55 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NX
Installation of 2no access hatches within existing water tank enclosure and installation…
BH2024/00919
2023 Refused
Queens Hotel 1 - 5 Kings Road Brighton BN1 1NS
Replacement of existing windows with new timber windows to east elevation.
BH2023/01753
2024 Approved
52 - 53 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1NH
Change of use of from Class E(g)(i) office to Sui Generis student accommodation with the…
BH2024/00773
2016 Decided
74 East Street, Brighton, BN1 1HQ
Display of externally-illuminated painted sign, internally-illuminated high level sign an…
BH2016/02505
2016 Refused
74 East Street, Brighton, BN1 1HQ
Installation of retractable awning to South side elevation. (Part Retrospective)
BH2016/02506
2016 Withdrawn
56 Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1NH
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BH2016/02027
2016 Approved
Lace House, 39 - 40 Old Steine, Brighton
Display of externally-illuminated mesh scaffold shroud.
BH2016/00961
2016 Approved
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, 54 Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1NH (54 Marlborough House Old Steine Brighton)
Display of externally-illuminated mesh scaffold shroud.
BH2016/01201
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.