BH2025/03071

1. 19 Dec 2025

   Received by Brighton and Hove

2. 13 Feb 2026

   Decision issued: Approved

3. 21 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• BH2025/02624 Granted

  18 Pinfold Close Brighton BN2 6WG

  Prior approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.10m, for which the maximum height would be 3.40m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 3.0m.

  28 Oct 2025 0m away Prior approval
• BH2025/02209 Refused

  50 Selhurst Road Brighton BN2 6WF

  Regulation 5 Notice to install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus.

  4 Sep 2025 82m away Prior approval
• BH2025/02103 Granted

  1 Rosedene Close Brighton BN2 6LE

  Replacement detached garage.

  26 Aug 2025 209m away Householder
• BH2025/02753 Awaiting decision

  23 Cowley Drive Brighton BN2 6WB

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed demolition of existing garage and erection of single storey garden room.

  11 Nov 2025 247m away Lawful development
• BH2025/02203 Granted

  176 Cowley Drive Brighton BN2 6TD

  Formation of driveway (Part Retrospective) including hardstanding, crossover and associated landscape works.

  4 Sep 2025 314m away Full applications
• BH2025/02227 Granted

  92 Crescent Drive South Brighton BN2 6SA

  Replacement of existing 3 bedroom chalet bungalow with a new 4 bedroom chalet bungalow.

  8 Sep 2025 319m away Full applications

• BH2026/00373 Awaiting decision

  245 Hangleton Road Hove BN3 7LR

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed roof alterations/extensions including hip to gable extension with dormer to rear roofslope and rooflights to front roof slope.

  18 Feb 2026 Lawful development
• BH2026/00349 Awaiting decision

  42 Tongdean Road Hove BN3 6QE

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed erection of single storey side extension.

  16 Feb 2026 Lawful development
• BH2026/00336 Awaiting decision

  13 Hythe Road Brighton BN1 6JR

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed loft conversion incorporating rear dormer and 2no. front rooflights.

  13 Feb 2026 Lawful development
• BH2026/00328 Awaiting decision

  6 Goodwood Way Brighton BN2 4PW

  Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed loft conversion, including hip-to-gable alteration and rear dormer extension, together with fenestration alterations to the side and rear elevations, installation of a rooflight to the front elevation, and solar panels to the rear elevation.

  12 Feb 2026 Lawful development
• BH2026/00304 Awaiting decision

  35A Colbourne Road Hove BN3 1TA

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed internal alterations to convert two flats into 4 no. bedroom dwelling house.

  10 Feb 2026 Lawful development