toads hole valley?

[Superseagull]

Ikea would love to get there hands on Toads Hole. Can't see the council ever allowing that though!

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

What about people who need somewhere to live?

Find a brownfield site to build on or use existing buildings. There's plenty in Brighton and Hove
Such as:

Old Sgt Yorks casino in Queens road
Next to Brighton station / Jurys Inn
Next to Preston Park / BT building
Portland Road bingo Hall
Lloyds Tsb building at bottom of North Road

There's no need to desecrate green land needlessly ( except in the building of football stadia of course )

 

[queens park pete]

Find a brownfield site to build on or use existing buildings. There's plenty in Brighton and Hove
Such as:

Old Sgt Yorks casino in Queens road
Next to Brighton station / Jurys Inn
Next to Preston Park / BT building
Portland Road bingo Hall
Lloyds Tsb building at bottom of North Road

There's no need to desecrate green land needlessly ( except in the building of football stadia of course )

Desecration- THV is already desecrated1
You could build on all those sites without scratching the surface of Brighton's housing shortage.
Sooner or later almost every bit of land not already parkland or SSI South of the bypass or the NP boundary between the Adur and the Ouse will be developed. Best thing is to try to make sure the staff that goes up is put up better than some of the stuff behind the station, for example.

 

[honey boy zimba]

lol" queens park pete "sounds like one of Larry Graysons made up friends

 

[DumLum]

THV is at the end of my road and I have to say, I'll be very disappointed if it gets built on
Another victory and big fat bonuses all round, for the council and developers it would seem

Disappointed enough to become a Nimby?

Would it not feel a little hypocritical after fighting the Falmer Nimbys for all those years?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Didn't Stiles, Harold, Wilson or whatever they are called, have a an interest in Toad Hole and were hoping to use the club to build lots of developments/cash in on the hole other than just a football ground?

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Landfill

 

[Deleted User X18H]

In the late 40's the Council built an Estate on the top of the hill. ( I was brung up there for 20 odd years.) In the 60's Mr Cook built an estate on the adjacent hill. The better off and upwardly mobile Council Tenants paid approximately £4000 and moved into the new cooks estate.
In those days there were Cows in the field that is now called Toads Hole Valley, we had made occasional forays to the abandoned scary tin barns and sheds in the middle but our main hunting grounds lay further up the valley following the line of Long Hedge.
As Kids we expected Cooks to build more houses on the field imminently, so there is the true meaning of the word again. Just a land bank and scrub because as all over the Downs the sheep have gone!

The Old Barn as we called it as kids. Was the housing for an anti aircraft gun. Generally manned by Canadian Soldiers during the latter part of WW2. My Grandad drank with Cooke at the Nevill ( I think) the land was earmarked for the next Brighton & Hove cemetery during the 60's.