Garage, 3 Rugby Place Brighton BN2 5JB Data via plota.co.uk

BH2025/01909 - Full Planning Allowed on appeal

Proposal

Conversion of ground floor to form a two- bedroom flat (C3) incorporating a single storey rear extension and revised fenestration (part retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
1 Aug 2025
✓
Validated
8 Sept 2025
✓
Consultation
9 Sept 2025
✗
Refused
9 Oct 2025
✓
Appeal allowed
1 Apr 2026

Refused on 9 Oct 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Nov 2026

Documents 28

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
2 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Boundary Stone on the Corner With Roedean Road, Grade II, 60 m away · 2 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 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 145 m away: Kemp Town Enclosures; Radon affected area, class 3; National park 278 m away: South Downs; SSSI 364 m away: Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs SSSI; Conservation area 83 m away: Kemp Town; 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.

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
BN2 5JB
Received
1 Aug 2025
Validated
8 Sept 2025
Ward
Whitehawk & Marina
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Nov 2025
Decision
Refused
Decision date
9 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Allowed · 1 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002177 ↗
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, 39 days faster than Brighton and Hove's median of 70 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

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

10comments received
5 objecting5 supporting

50% support · above the UK average of 16%

19 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
11 Sept 2025
Consultation
9 Sept 2025
Comments by
6 Oct 2025
Site or press notice
15 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
3 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No
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

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