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Development threat to Brighton's Preston Park

Thursday, 04 April 2013 15:24

Development threat to Brighton's Preston Park

Developers Urban Splash have submitted proposals for a 231 flat development on Brighton's Preston Road, overlooking Preston Park. Residents and local civic bodies complain that not only will the building affect the character of the area and the Grade II listed park, but architect's working with The Brighton Society calculate that the building's twin towers, the highest over 160 feet tall, will seriously shadow the park during six months of the year.

"If the plan for the Anston House site goes ahead," writes Selma Montford of The Brighton Society, "the Rose Garden and the Rotunda Cafe will be severely affected by deep shadow for more than half the year. The roses will no longer flower and no one will want to sit outside the Rotunda..."

 

The plans can be viewed on Brighton and Hove's website; deadline for making comments and objections to Brighton and Hove Council is April 17. Local residents have created a petition to the council asking for them to reconsider the design, brightondeservesbetter.co.uk

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