Have Lewes DC put forward 5 more sites?

[John Boy]

I have heard that Lewes DC have put forward 5 more sites, and each one will have to be looked at. That means more delays and more cost.

They are Hove Rec, Hove Park, somewhere in Newhaven, Hickstead and Goldstone Retail Park.

Is this true?

 

[London Irish]

 

[The Large One]

Some bloke called Mr Scott has.

http://www.seagulls.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/BassfordPIDetail/0,,10433~624876,00.html

 

[John Boy]

Thanks TLO.

Also thanks to London Irish if he posted the link as well. I don't know what he posted as he is on my ignore list.

 

[The Large One]

Jonathan Clay (the Albion's barrister) will make mincemeat of him in quicker time than it took me to type this.

 

[John Boy]

I can't believe those sites have even been suggested.

Hickstead and Newhaven aren't even in Brighton!!

 

[Robot Chicken]

Where exactly on the Goldstone site?? You mean demolish Burger King and Toys R US to make way for a FOOTBALL STADIUM??

There's not enough room

 

[John Boy]

Where exactly on the Goldstone site?? You mean demolish Burger King and Toys R US to make way for a FOOTBALL STADIUM??

There's not enough room

Try telling Lewes DC that!

 

[Rangdo]

I can't believe those sites have even been suggested.

Hickstead and Newhaven aren't even in Brighton!!

Neither is Shoreham. However I do think that building on Hove Park, one of the few green spaces in central Hove, is a very good idea.

 

[Robot Chicken]

Bet Toys R Us, Comet and Burger King won't be too happy

 

[beorhthelm]

i'd have thought that any suggested sites would have to be put forward before the start of the enquiry?

Anywho, Hickstead and Newhaven will be dismissed without effort, and the Goldstone site will kicked into touch on cost. It bemuses me that anyone would suggest the Goldstone, if Abramovich came in with £100m then we'd all love to retrun there, otherwise its a bit like pouring salt in the wound.

not familiar with the two Hove sites but if they where credible shirley they'd have been mentioned before?

 

[Rangdo]

not familiar with the two Hove sites but if they where credible shirley they'd have been mentioned before?

Hove park is about 50 feet North of the Goldstone.
Hove Rec is about 100 feet North-East of the Goldstone.
Not a chance of either.

 

[Stevie Boy]

What all this got to do with Lewes DC, falmer is in Brighton, seems liek they are wasting tax payers money.

 

[London Irish]

Lewes DC are not in the game of this kind of buffoonery, they have some very serious horses in the field in Sheepcote and Toad's Hole and won't want to piss off the inspector too much by putting forward joke ones.

Some pretty mad NIMBYs like Mr Scott can put forward their extensive back gardens if they want, unfortunately the inspector ruled quite early in the process during pre-discussions that the democratic legitimacy of the inquiry could be undermined if people were prevented from putting forward any site, even DURING the inquiry. I can see it costing us more money because bleeding us dry is a tactic of the NIMBYs, but let's hope there is some commonsense way of dismissing these sites without incurring too much experts' fees.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

I heard the same rumour. Takes the piss. Wankers



*takes his constructive thoughts back to his dinner*

 

[Crawley Boy]

Also thanks to London Irish if he posted the link as well. I don't know what he posted as he is on my ignore list.

If only....

 

[mrhairy]

In any argument people try to put forward another clever idea (seems so at the time) but only serves to weaken their original argument. This is the same is it not. They are making themselves look stupid and showing their real colours.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

The LDC do not seem to have a singular individual strong candidate, but diluted vague ideologies about the other sites. Adding more sites will build our Falmer arguement even stronger. The LDC have released an album of filler, rather than a potential Number 1 single, to coin a metaphor.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Just to clarify ... Lewes District Council are only advocating Sheepcote Valley and Toads Hole Valley (and Shoreham Harbour, if a longer term venue is acceptable, with the Club staying at Withdean while that is developed).

Mr Scott (who has suggested the other sites) is speaking for himself. And, to the best of my knowledge, he represents no-one else.

But that's what is meant by a PUBLIC Inquiry. Members of the public are allowed to join in. The Inspector has, however, made it clear that the weight he will give to individual sites will depend on the credibity of the case that is made out. None of the other parties have given any indication that they will do much work in relation to any of the sites that Mr Scott has suggested.

All that he has submitted so far is a letter.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Fair Point Lord b, too much vodka makes me write bollocks