Planning application
8 Oxford Street Brighton BN1 4LA
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 from commercial, business and service (E) to form 1no self-contained flat (C3).
As published by the council, reference BH2025/02945
Application record
- Reference
- BH2025/02945
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Required Refused
- Received
- 3 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 3 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 27 Jan 2026
- Ward
- West Hill & North Laine
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BN1 4LA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Brighton and Hove register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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BH2026/00356 Awaiting decision
8 Oxford Street Brighton BN1 4LA
Prior approval for change of use from commercial, business and service (E) to form 1no self-contained flat (C3).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Dec 2025
Received by Brighton and Hove
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27 Jan 2026
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
9 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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