BN2 5UP Brighton and Hove
Live postcode, introduced December 1998. Ward: Whitehawk & Marina. Region: South East.
Streets
- Victory Mews, Roedean: 127 addresses
- Western Concourse, Black Rock: 39 addresses
- The Strand, Brighton: 1 address
- Western Concourse, Roedean: 1 address
- Palm Drive, Brighton: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Brighton and Hove in 2026-27: Band D £2,581 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,720 | £2,007 | £2,294 | £2,581 | £3,154 | £3,727 | £4,301 | £5,161 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (42% of about 1,280 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land at Brighton Marina (Inner Harbour): up to 1,000 homes, not permissioned (290 m)
- Land at Brighton Marina (Outer Harbour): up to 856 homes, permissioned (300 m)
- Gas Works Site, Boundary Road, Brighton: up to 495 homes, permissioned (640 m)
- Brighton Waldorf School, Roedean Road, Brighton: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (830 m)
- Bus Garage corner of Whitehawk Road and Henley Road Brighton: up to 13 homes, not permissioned (880 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 34 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 115 homes the Environment Agency counts, 34 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Broadband
Superfast 22%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 17% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Victory Mews.