Planning application
20 Melville Road Hove BN3 1TH
Works: New dwelling
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Prior Approval for change of use at ground floor from commercial (E) to residential (C3) to create 2no. self-contained flats.
As published by the council, reference BH2025/02123
Application record
- Reference
- BH2025/02123
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Required Refused
- Received
- 28 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 28 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 22 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Goldsmid
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BN3 1TH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Aug 2025
Received by Brighton and Hove
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22 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval Required Refused
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
103 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Brighton and Hove refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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