Holden Court 35 Hollingdean Road Brighton BN2 4QY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from existing Purpose-built Student Housing (Sui Generis), to flexible use as Purpose-built Student Housing and Co-living use (Sui Generis). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 3 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Nov 2026
Documents 29
Decision & officer reports 4
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 16
Application forms 3
Other documents 4
Site constraints 6
Checked on 1 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £750,000 in January 2021. Other property, freehold.
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
- Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
- Postcode
- BN2 4QY
- Received
- 8 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 8 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Moulsecoomb & Bevendean
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 3 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Ben Murphy
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 58 days. Refused, as 4% of lawful development certificates here are.
Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Brighton and Hove in the last twelve months, from validation. Brighton and Hove decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 8 Nov 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 17 Nov 2025
- Site or press notice
- 27 Oct 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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