Planning application
8 Welesmere Road Rottingdean Brighton BN2 7DN
Works: Extension Loft or dormer Small domestic
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Proposal
Erection of a two-storey rear extension, conversion of the existing garage into habitable space, loft conversion, construction of a garden room together with associated internal alterations and external landscaping works.
As published by the council, reference BH2026/00090
Application record
- Reference
- BH2026/00090
- Type
- Householder Planning Consent
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 16 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 26 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Rottingdean & West Saltdean
- Parish
- Rottingdean Parish
- Postcode
- BN2 7DN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jan 2026
Received by Brighton and Hove
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26 Jan 2026
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 23 March 2026, 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.
Who's behind it
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Drysdale Architects Agent, an architecture practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Brighton and Hove for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Brighton and Hove decided householder applications in a median of 75 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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