Planning application
Sovereign House Church Street Brighton BN1 1UJ
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of extension at basement and ground floor levels to existing warehouse to provide a sports hall and indoor bin store to support existing office use (E), installation of security gates to car park ramp and installation of entrance door to South elevation.
As published by the council, reference BH2025/01925
Application record
- Reference
- BH2025/01925
- Type
- Full Planning
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 5 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 16 Sep 2025
- Ward
- West Hill & North Laine
- Postcode
- BN1 1UJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Aug 2025
Received by Brighton and Hove
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16 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 November 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Brighton and Hove took a median of 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
39 documents on file for this application
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