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Allowed20 October 20253350525

33 Buckingham Street, Brighton, BN1 3LT

Planning appeal 3350525 at 33 Buckingham Street, Brighton, BN1 3LT (Brighton and Hove City Council) was allowed on 20 October 2025 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a lawful development certificate for the claimed use as seven self-contained residential units was well-founded.

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Authority
Brighton and Hove City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Naylor R
Postcode
BN1 3LT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusal to grant a lawful development certificate for the claimed use as seven self-contained residential units was well-founded

What decided it

The submitted Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreements and Statutory Declarations provided sufficient tangible evidence that each of the seven flats had been continuously tenanted and occupied as separate self-contained residential units for more than four years, and the Council advanced no clear or compelling evidence to contradict this.

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