Planning
This section includes details about planning policy, issues and particular applications affecting the Round Hill area.
SEARCH & VIEW PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Brighton and Hove City Council's Planning Register
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1. Taking part in the Planning Process
2. Environmental and Safety Concerns
1. Taking part in the planning process
Planning applications are best supported or opposed - not through petitions, but by online comment after accessing proposals via the The Council's Planning Register. Don't forget that you can also email members of the planning committee 7-10 days before the proposals come before them. Use links (below) for further detail:
10 Multiple Choice questions on the planning process
2. Environmental & Safety concerns
Food Waste still to go first to The Waste Transfer Station after separate collections start in 2025.
By the end of March 2026, all Councils are required to have weekly food waste recycling services to conform with the Environment Act of 2021. Brighton and Hove City Council plans to start food waste collections in 2025. The Waste Transfer Station has had difficulty in handling odorous waste. It has no entrance airlock system. Odour also escapes through the vents designed to let air into the building.
NUISANCES FROM HOLLINGDEAN WASTE TRANSFER STATION
Letter to residents about the causes of odour nuisance from The Environment Agency. Phone 0800 80 70 60 to report odour.
OPT OUT SCHEME FOR WEEDS. Description & where to apply.
In 2025 the council will be commencing a formal scheme for people who want to opt out of having weedkiller used in their street. However, residents wanting to opt out will have to weed the street themselves three times a year to keep pavements clear and safe.
UPPER LEWES ROAD: NEED FOR A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
The context of this request is a 20MPH zone which is poorly observed. Note the successful request from The Round Hill Society to facilitate Access to Upper Lewes Road from Round Hill Crescent.
ACT TO REDUCE RAT-RUNNING IN ROUND HILL:
This asks Brighton and Hove City Council to
(1) introduce traffic-calming measures, such as speed bumps;
(2) review the 20mph road markings and signage along Prince’s Crescent and Wakefield Road;
(3) station a mobile vehicle-activated warning sign along the route; and
(4) deliver the report into the narrowing of the junction of Crescent Road with Prince’s Crescent, promised by the ETS Committee in October 2019 in response to a request by Round Hill residents to improve pedestrian safety.
3. Conservation
UPDATING ROUND HILL's CA CHARACTER STATEMENT
Statement
Annex A | Historical development
Annex B | Buildings
Annex C | Public Realm
Annex D | Gazetteer
The Round Hill Conservation Area's Character Statement (RCACS) protects our local area's special characteristics from change or development. Local town planner, Michael Doyle, kindly volunteered to update the RCACS in his spare time. Round Hill residents - Have your say on the revised character statement. See Michael Doyle's article on page 5 of the summer 2023 issue of The Round Hill Reporter.
CONSERVATION ADVISORY GROUP (CAG)
A NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN FOR ROUND HILL?
A strategy for the conservation of Brighton & Hove’s historic built environment. This 2015 document sets out Brighton and Hove City Council's priorities for reviewing Conservation Character statements. See section 4.7 and 4.8.
NATIONALLY LISTED BUILDINGS IN ROUND HILL
CONSERVATION AREA PROTECTION: This article looks at both National and Local policies, which could be used to conserve what makes Round Hill truly distinctive.
4. Planning Rules
Additional town planning controls - in the form of an Article 4(2) Direction - have been introduced for single dwelling houses in the Round Hill Conservation Area, after public consultation.
See What requires planning permission?
5. Planning Applications
BH2025/001957 Mayo Road - Extensions and alterations to the existing building, including addition of a rear dormer, to create 1no. self-contained flat (C3) at lower ground floor level, and alter the layout of the existing small house in multiple occupation (C4). Read comments on this problematic HMO and add your own.
[A] RELOCATION OF AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP
BH2024/02628 - 56A Round Hill Crescent: creation of a first-floor roof terrace to existing flat roof, relocation of existing PV roof panels and air-source heat pump. See Public Comments
[B] BH2024/01390 Sainsbury Superstore 93 Lewes Road - Erection of new plant to roof comprising 2no. Refrigeration gas coolers, 4no. AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS and 1no. AIR HANDLER UNIT was APPROVED on 31st July 2024. See Public Comments
[C] ROUND HILL POCKET PARK APPLICATION APPROVED
Read the Proposal: 19-page illustrated PDF
Please click here to view the planning decision and approved drawings on the Council's website.
[D] 7 RICHMOND ROAD
Erection of 1no single storey, two bedroom dwelling (C3) to the rear with associated works. as shown on the plan(s) and application submitted to the Council on 2 June 2021. REFUSED. The applicant's appeal was also DISMISSED.
6. Petitions
See all current petitions on Brighton and Hove City Councils website or start an e-petition of your own.
This page was last updated by Ted on 26-Feb-2025