Planning application
Ground Floor Office Princes House 53 - 54 Queens Road Brighton BN1 3XB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for existing office use under Class E.
As published by the council, reference BH2025/01859
Application record
- Reference
- BH2025/01859
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 28 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 28 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 26 Nov 2025
- Ward
- West Hill & North Laine
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BN1 3XB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Jul 2025
Received by Brighton and Hove
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26 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Brighton and Hove granted permission on 26 November 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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