Upper Parts, 78-82 Blatchington Road, Hove BN3
Key Features
- Popular central Hove location
- Pre-app submitted and response obtained from Brighton & Hove City Council to develop 17 flats to the existing first floor and a new second floor
- Developer partner sought to seek full planning consent, acquire and develop the upper parts
- Best offers are invited for midday 12 June 2025.
Description
Hove - Residential Development Opportunity
The property is Located on the southern side of Blatchington Road in Hove, close to the busy shopping thoroughfare of George Street.
The area has a variety of local and national retailers including Tesco, Iceland, Boots and Peacocks.
Hove mainline railway station is a 5-minute walk to the north, providing direct services to Brighton, Gatwick Airport and London Victoria.
The seafront and Hove Lawns are located 800 meters to the south.
The existing first floor and airspace above offer potential for conversion and development of residential accommodation. A pre-application was submitted for development of 17 flats to the existing first floor and new second floor. Copies of the plans with accommodation schedule are attached. A copy of the preapplication response is available via the dataroom.
The property comprises the upper parts to a purpose built commercial building owned by Co-op who operate a supermarket from the ground floor. The upper parts are vacant and surplus to requirements. The first floor has a Gross Internal Area of approximately 1,010 sqm (11,521 sq ft).
Popular central Hove location
Pre-app submitted and response obtained from Brighton & Hove City Council to develop 17 flats to the existing first floor and a new second floor
Developer partner sought to seek full planning consent, acquire and develop the upper parts
Best offers are invited for midday 12 June 2025.
Map Location
Property details
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-17
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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Rights & Restrictions
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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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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- Parking
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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
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; 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
- St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School72 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 648
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Brunswick Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 586
- Type
- Community school
- Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 436
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Hove Junior School0.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 671
- Type
- Community school
- West Hove Infant School0.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Pupils
- 506
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre0.7 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 941
- Type
- Community school
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School0.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 2,657
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Blatchington Mill School1 mileNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,622
- Type
- Community school
- King's School1.8 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 925
- Type
- Free schools
- Faith
- Church of England
- Dorothy Stringer School1.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,626
- 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
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
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
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.
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