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ROYAL MAIL – PATCHAM DELIVERY OFFICE

Above: the proposed Royal Mail delivery office, viewed from the southern edge of
the site

This website will give you more information about our proposals for a brand-new
delivery office in Patcham (off Vale Avenue near the Patcham Interchange
(A23/A27) which will serve the City of Brighton & Hove.

Here you will find up to date information on our proposals and the programme
timetable, answers to FAQs, changes since the public consultation, and methods
to get in contact with the development team.

Following submission of a planning application to Brighton and Hove City Council
in July 2022, Royal Mail has reflected on the feedback we have received from
stakeholders.

Royal Mail has recently submitted updated traffic surveys and environmental
information as well as a revised plan showing changes to the vehicular access to
the site to Brighton & Hove Council and is now awaiting decision from the
council on the planning application.

A community newsletter was delivered to over 2,500 local properties during the
week commencing 3 July 2023 to re-engage with local residents and other
stakeholders. It provides information on changes to the application, signposting
to this website, and our contact details.

Royal Mail is committed to transparency and any further updates to the progress
of this planning application will appear on this website.

Click here to view the latest changes to our proposals


Why is Royal Mail moving?

Royal Mail’s delivery offices in Brighton and Hove serve around 121,000
residential and business addresses in the BN1, BN2, BN3, BN45, BN50 and BN52
postcode areas. Moving to a purpose-built site at Patcham Interchange that will
secure long-term jobs in the city and improve the Royal Mail service for the
people of Brighton & Hove for many years to come.

A new Patcham deliver office would consolidate the services from two current
sites – North Road in Brighton and Denmark Villas in Hove.

Royal Mail now delivers many more parcels and far fewer letters. This means we
have to review our delivery office estate to ensure we have the right facilities
to deliver to our customers. The current sites do not have the right space,
access, and facilities to support this. They are also unable to facilitate a
fully electric fleet, which Royal Mail is rolling out to reduce operational
carbon emissions.

Royal Mail’s current sites at North Road and Denmark Villas are also allocated
in the council’s City Plan for the delivery of housing, potentially providing
hundreds of much-needed homes for the benefit of the whole city. This can only
be delivered if Royal Mail moves to another, more suitable delivery office in
the city.

Above: Proposed site plan of the new delivery office in Patcham, showing the
site’s location in relation to the A27, Patcham Interchange, and Vale Avenue

Why Patcham?

Royal Mail has been searching for a new home for a delivery office for some
time. The Patcham site is the only one suitable to preserve the Royal Mail
service to Brighton & Hove. It is currently owned by Brighton & Hove Council and
has been vacant for many years despite being marketed for various commercial
uses.

The Patcham site benefits include:

→ Major road connections to Gatwick Mail Centre (which serves the Brighton and
Hove delivery offices) via the A23

→ An out-of-town location, adjacent to the A27, away from the homes and the city
centre, reducing Royal Mail vehicle journeys and distances in Brighton & Hove,
and allowing large vehicles to be directed toward the highway network
immediately

→ Reduce total distance travelled by HGVs by 50 percent.

→ Switch from diesel to a fully electric LGV fleet of 132 vehicles, eliminating
operational CO2.

→ An opportunity to regenerate a long-underused (Over 25 years) site that is
providing no significant benefit to the council or the city currently

→ A positive planning policy environment – the site is allocated in the City
Plan for employment uses, indicating that this proposal is consistent with the
city’s needs and aims

read more on our faqs page
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As well as the FAQ answers on this website, we are happy to receive comments and
questions via the methods below:
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