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College Place, Brighton

Key Features

  • DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
  • Rare Opportunity in this Location
  • Popular Kemp Town Village
  • Full Planning Permission for 3 Houses
  • Planning Ref: BH2025/00268
  • Set Back from the Road
  • Mews Style Development
  • Car-Free Development
  • Close to Brighton College
  • Just a 3-Minute Walk from Seafront

Description

*** DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY ***

A rare opportunity to acquire land with planning permission to build a row of three mews style houses in the sought-after Kemp Town Village.

Set back from the road and accessed via an existing archway at No. 7 College Place, the land is currently arranged as a builder's yard and office. Full planning permission has been granted under planning reference BH2025/00268 for demolition of existing buildings and the erection of three new houses.

Situated in a prime location between Brighton College and the seafront, just up from the vibrant Kemp Town Village, famous for its array of independent shops, cafés and eateries.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
B
Date Posted
2026-06-13

Price history

DateChangePrice
5 Aug 2026Reduced 6.2% (−£24,950)£375,000
Until 5 Aug 2026Asking price£399,950

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

5.5 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Queen's Park Primary School488 metresOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    286
    Type
    Community school
  • St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School587 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    193
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • St Mark's CofE Primary School829 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    156
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Luke's Primary School861 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    622
    Type
    Community school
  • Carlton Hill Primary School914 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    215
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Cardinal Newman Catholic School2 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    2,657
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Varndean School2.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,487
    Type
    Community school
  • Dorothy Stringer School2.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,626
    Type
    Community school
  • Longhill High School2.4 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    632
    Type
    Community school
  • Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre2.9 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    941
    Type
    Community school

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Kemp Town, Brighton45 metres
M&S Royal Sussex Hospital, Brighton343 metres
Budgens Upper St James Street Brighton, Brighton344 metres

GP surgery

Ardingly Court Surgery778 metres

Pharmacy

Kemptown Pharmacy86 metres

Hospital

Royal Sussex County Hospital292 metres

Green space

Play Space265 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Brighton Rail Station1.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Kemp Town Shops62 metres

Typical drive times

Lewes19 min · 9.2 miles
Southwick15 min · 5.6 miles
Peacehaven15 min · 6.2 miles
Brighton and Hove (city)4 min · 1.3 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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132-135 Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 3LG

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