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BH2025/02663 - Advertisement Approved

Proposal

Display of internally-illuminated fascia sign on non-illuminated tray sign and internally-illuminated projecting sign. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Oct 2025
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Validated
14 Nov 2025
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Consultation
17 Nov 2025
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Approved
23 Jan 2026

Approved on 23 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF EXISTING & PROPOSED ELEVATIONS & SIGNAGE DETAILS Drawing(s) · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN OS Extract · 31 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED FRONT ELEVATION & SIGNAGE DETAILS Drawing(s) · 31 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 31 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Listed building: at the site
List entry 1415924 · 11 m away · 89 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 86 Grade II)
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 the other 89 with distances
Historic England ↗
Old Town 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: Old Town
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 ↗
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 ↗
Registered park or garden 64 m away: The Royal Pavilion, Brighton
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 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.

Building

Floor area149 m² (1,604 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (asset rating 90)
UseA1/A2 Retail and Financial/Professional services
HeatingHeating and Mechanical Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2019, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Brighton and Hove
Application type
Advertisement
Postcode
BN1 1EB
Received
31 Oct 2025
Validated
14 Nov 2025
Ward
Regency
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Jan 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
23 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Mark Blanchard
Leaseholder
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How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, about the council's usual 73 days. Approved, as 92% of advertisement consent here are.

22%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
91decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
17 Nov 2025
Comments by
19 Dec 2025
Site or press notice
28 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
9 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Approved
Display of 1no internally illuminated fascia sign and 1no internally illuminated projecti…
BH2019/02625
2016 Approved
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 33 of application BH2013/00710.
BH2016/00191
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Installation of a permanent bronze statue.
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Display of 2no fascia signs on the front and side elevations.
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Proposed new shopfront and internal alterations
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2025
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Change of use from jewellery shop (Use Class E) to public house/wine bar (Sui Generis).
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2024 Approved
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Replacement of existing shopfront door with roller shutter.
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2024 Approved
170 North Street Brighton BN1 1EA
Display of 1no non-illuminated fascia sign and 1no non-illuminated projecting sign.
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2024 Approved
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Retention of 2no. air conditioning units that serve the existing gym use at basement leve…
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2025 Withdrawn
Chapel Royal 164 North Street Brighton BN1 1EA
Retention of 2no. air conditioning units that serve the existing gym use at basement leve…
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Part-retrospective application for the installation of air conditioning equipment to side…
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2024 Approved
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Part-retrospective application for the installation of air conditioning equipment to side…
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18 North Street Brighton BN1 1EB
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2018 Approved
23 Meeting House Lane Brighton BN1 1HB
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2018 Decided
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Installation of defibrillator cabinet to east elevation.
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2018 Refused
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Brighton and Hove
Planning Authority Score
4.3/10
Below average
#185 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

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.