Rockwater Kingsway Hove BN3 4FA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Replacement of existing 3no beach hut style kiosks with 3no beach hut style self-contained timber saunas, including rear ramp access. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 10 Mar 2026 · Planning (Applications) Committee · Last checked 17 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Brighton and Hove Planning Committee on 4 Mar 2026.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- The committee considered three new sauna cabins, with users changing at Rockwater and operating hours covered by a management plan.
- Members discussed public-space privatisation, commercialisation, health benefits, changing facilities and support for the project.
- The committee granted planning permission by nine votes to one abstention, subject to the report’s conditions and informatives.
Source: Plota analysis of Brighton and Hove's committee minutes of 4 Mar 2026.
Documents 26
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 4
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 15
Site constraints 6
Checked on 7 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
- Application type
- Full Planning
- Postcode
- BN3 4FA
- Received
- 11 Sept 2025
- Validated
- 3 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Westbourne & Poets' Corner
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 29 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 10 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Planning (Applications) Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 127 days from validation, 61 days slower than Brighton and Hove's median of 66 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.
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Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 21 Oct 2025
- Comments by
- 20 Nov 2025
- Site or press notice
- 30 Oct 2025
- Committee
- 4 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 29 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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