What are the expected dates on Falmer please?

[Yorkie]

If in the higly unlikely event LDC prove that we can build it at Sheepcote, what do we do then, build it there? I know the club say Falmer is the only site, but if this were to happen, is it a possibility, however faint?

No because we'd never get planning permission from Brighton & Hove council for Sheepcote.

 

[The Large One]

LO. Think you are spot on except I think the chance of it being no to Falmer goes up if there is a new PI. Unfortunately, I think that is likely. Lewes would be delighted if its Kelly who calls for a new Inquiry and as you well know Consultants have a habit of finding facts to support the views of their client. So, if Lewes put up a transport report that says Sheepcote can be served by public transport and other sustainable methods of getting there surely the Club and Brighton Council will have to contest this? Kelly then will have to order a new PI to have everything aired. You are then in the hands of another Inspector who may not be as disposed to Falmer as the last Inspector.

The last inspector wasn't exactly disposed to Falmer, he could still see problems with it - problems Prescott agreed with, but saw the national interest as an over-riding point of issue.

It depends what the Lewes transport consultants' report says, but the idea of a Public Inquiry would be to quash the Lewes suggestion of Sheepcote being a viable alternative. Don't forget, Brighton & Hove City Council's extreme reluctance to grant planning permission still carries a fair whack of weight - it's something Lewes don't like, and are challenging it as one of their 16 points of principle.

 

[The Oldman]

The last inspector wasn't exactly disposed to Falmer, he could still see problems with it - problems Prescott agreed with, but saw the national interest as an over-riding point of issue.

It depends what the Lewes transport consultants' report says, but the idea of a Public Inquiry would be to quash the Lewes suggestion of Sheepcote being a viable alternative. Don't forget, Brighton & Hove City Council's extreme reluctance to grant planning permission still carries a fair whack of weight - it's something Lewes don't like, and are challenging it as one of their 16 points of principle.

Very good point about Brighton Council.