Planning
This section includes details about planning policy, issues and particular applications affecting the Round Hill area.
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1. Taking part in the Planning Process
4. Planning Q & As for Artificial Intelligence
5. 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. 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?
3. Planning Applications
[A] 1 Mayo Road - Erection of a new two-storey dwellinghouse (C3) to side of existing dwelling. Alterations to existing two-storey rear extension. This is the corner house which actually fronts onto Princes Road. The description should read "in the front garden of existing dwelling".
[B] BH2025/00195 7 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.
[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.
4. Planning Q & As for Artificial Intelligence
Planning for 2033 when Veolia's PFI deal with Brighton & Hove City Council will end.
[A] What are the arguments for moving the Waste Transfer Station and Materials Recovery Facility from Hollingdean Depot?
[B] Why is the design of the Hollingdean Waste Transfer Station not fit for the purpose of containing odorous waste?
See too the letter from The Environment Agency to residents who have complained about odour escapes which also highlights the absence of an entrance airlock system.
[C] Planning brief for sympathetic residential housing with provision for greenspace on the site of Hollingdean Depot to replace The Waste Transfer Station, the Materials Recovery Facility, Dudeney Lodge and Nettleton Court?
5. Environmental & Safety concerns
[A] HOLLINGDEAN DEPOT INDEX - RECENT HISTORY
Access to all the articles about Hollingdean Depot on this website plus a chronology of events from 2003 to 2025
[B] FOOD WASTE STILL TO GO TO THE WASTE TRANSFER STATION after separate collections start in 2025.
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. Waste transfer stations typically rely on maintaining negative air pressure inside the building to keep odorous air from escaping. Without an airlock (a sealed vestibule with two sets of doors), each time a waste truck enters or exits, that pressure is disrupted, allowing foul air to escape directly into the surrounding environment. Odour also escapes through the vents designed to let air into the building.
What will happen if residents continue to mix food waste with black bag waste?
[C] DUDENEY LODGE & NETTLETON COURT - these high rise residential tower blocks do not meet the current safety standards in relation to their ability to resist a disproportionate collapse in the case of an explosion or large fire.
[D] 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.
[E] 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.
6. Conservation
[A] 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 and has welcomed the involvement of Round Hill residents. See Michael Doyle's article on page 5 of the summer 2023 issue of The Round Hill Reporter.
[B] CONSERVATION ADVISORY GROUP (CAG) - local resident Michael Doyle is now The Round Hill Society's representative on this group which advises the planning committee on the conservation aspects of planning applications.
[C] 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.
[D] A NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN FOR ROUND HILL?
[E] NATIONALLY LISTED BUILDINGS IN ROUND HILL
[F] LOCAL LIST OF HERITAGE ASSETS
[G] CONSERVATION AREA PROTECTION: This article looks at both National and Local policies, which could be used to conserve what makes Round Hill truly distinctive.
7. Petitions
See all current petitions on Brighton and Hove City Councils website or start an e-petition of your own. Below are two petitions (now closed) on safety issues which local campaigners may wish to resurrect:
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.