Plans to replace a former library with a four-storey block of flats have been approved by councillors. The £3 million scheme is expected to provide nine homes, all of which should be classed as “affordable” or available for a “social” rent for people on the housing waiting list. Brighton and Hove City Council’s housing department […]
Nine flats approved on site of old library
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Drug dealers and nightmare neighbours blight lives of tower block tenants
People living in an 18-storey tower block want the authorities to deal with drug dealing and anti-social behaviour after a fire started in the early hours in a “problematic flat”. Residents’ association chair Georgina Parke said that the high-rise block, Theobald House, was “the city pharmacy” and that families had to step over people doing […]
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Just what is affordable housing? Not something most people can afford, says councillor
A housing campaigner has asked for a clear answer to what the term “affordable housing” means. Charles Harrison asked councillors how “affordable housing” related to average household incomes in Brighton and Hove. He also asked what Brighton and Hove City Council was doing to increase the number of lower-cost homes when the council’s Housing and […]
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Fire risk from e-bikes and scooters puts thousands at risk
The boom in electric bikes and scooters poses a fire risk to thousands of people in blocks of flats across Brighton and Hove, according to a tenant rep. Emma Salcombe, of Essex Place, Brighton, asked councillors whether, with the increasing number of fires, they planned to ban e-bikes and e-scooters from council blocks. Her question […]
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Tenant rep speaks out about nightmare neighbours
A community representative said that people with social problems had been moved into council flats and ended up terrorising their neighbours. Coldean Independents tenants’ group representative Heather Hayes spoke out at a Brighton and Hove City Council housing panel during discussions about proposed changes to council housing allocations. She said that the council had let […]
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Dozens object to plans to turn family homes into shared houses
Dozens of people have objected to plans to turn two family homes in the same Portslade street into shared houses. Leaflets informing neighbours of two planning applications for 47 and 71 Eastbrook Road have been posted through letterboxes, asking people to object. Both applications to turn the family homes into six-bedroom houses in multiple occupation […]
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Plans to enlarge Brighton flat put on hold
Councillors put a planning application on hold because they wanted more information about the scheme to turn a flat into a shared home. M&S Property Development applied to convert a studio flat at St Gabriel’s, 18A Wellington Road, Brighton, into a house in multiple occupation (HMO) for five people. The application went before Brighton and […]
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D-day for Brighton firm’s controversial plans for 18-storey flats
A Brighton firm’s controversial plans to build a big block of flats in Newhaven are due to be decided by Lewes District Council tomorrow (Wednesday 17 April). The council’s Planning Committee is expected to consider an application from KSD Support Services, based at Patcham Place, London Road, Brighton. The company has applied for permission to […]
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Brighton firm must wait to learn whether controversial flats can go ahead
A decision on controversial plans by a Brighton company to build a huge apartment complex in Newhaven have been delayed. Lewes District Council’s planning committee had been due to consider proposals to build 126 flats and duplexes – many within an 18-storey tower – on land in Beach Road, near to the entrance of Newhaven […]
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Objectors too late to halt shared house plan
Neighbours were shocked to find that plans for a shared house in a quiet residential street were approved despite several objections. The planning permission means that 71 Eastbrook Road, Portslade, could be converted from a family home into a five-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO). The proposal was approved by Brighton and Hove City Council’s […]
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