The local population is growing much faster than regional and national averages. Our members tell us housing provision is a major issue. The lack of health services and school places also needs to be addressed. Furthermore, the area is severed by a railway line with poor crossings between north and south.
We want to avoid uncoordinated, piecemeal, project-by-project redevelopment that would exacerbate problems with parking and congestion. We want development that does not clash with the conservation areas and heritage architecture (Poet’s Corner, etc).
Brighton & Hove City Council has big plans to develop the neglected area around Hove Station (DA6). In response, local residents and businesses have identified several planning issues and development opportunities (see image gallery for examples) and we are writing a Neighbourhood Plan to influence this development.
There are development opportunities for improving existing dwellings, streetscape, public realm and energy efficiency. We’re running a number ‘Have Your Say’ events and local neighbourhood projects to improve the area in the short term. Please get in touch if you would like to be involved. Further reading: Our vision | Our objectives.
See the Plan document for a full Area Profile, including:
Character, Context, Social Stats and Neighbourhood Planning Issues.
After you have read the Plan, we’d love to know if you agree with our analysis of Hove as it is now; and how best to adapt to the regeneration which is about to happen?
Take part in the public consultation >
The city’s population is predicted to get older with the greatest projected increase in the 55-64 years age group. The population of people aged over 70 is predicted to increase by 21%.
Source: Public Health Intelligence Team Brighton & Hove City Council July 2017
As developments progress in the Hove Station Quarter, facilities available to the community will be needed to make the area attractive and liveable.
We need To improve air quality and mitigate existing pollution levels and pressures of new development – mitigation through Management Plans, equipment, data collection and other monitoring measures where appropriate.
Investigation into potential for providing small keep clear zones where road traffic missions are closest to residential dwellings and low emissions strategies to work towards no and low emissions
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Air quality near major roads in Brighton & Hove is poor. This is linked to heart disease and premature death. Requiring fewer cars in the new developments will allow more housing as well as more green and open space around the developments. Supplementary planning document 14
(SPD14) suggests .25 car parking spaces per 1- 2 bed room dwellings and .4 spaces for larger dwellings. The standard requires provision of Car Club spaces, spaces for electric cars and cycles, disabled user parking and parking for motor cycles.
We need new housing and secure, modern employment and business space
We need enhanced public realm and measure for upgrading with improved access to include: walking/cycling links, green public realm and townscape - pedestrian routes and links between areas.
Design standards and delivery as set out in The Public Space, Public Life vision and the Streetscape Design Guidelines. Hove Station included as priority area
Urban animal / human co-habitation issues
We need an upgrade or rebuild of the existing Hove station footbridge to accessible standards. Pedestrian and cycle access route from Hove station through to Hove Park
We need appropriate safe and sustainable transport infrastructure including public realm, pedestrian improvements and/or renewal and ongoing maintenance of appropriate lighting infrastructure Improvements
We need Citywide improvement of safe integrated and sustainable transport provision to improve accessibility to:
- schools
- shops
- parks and open space facilities and
- workplace
-visitor attractions destinations
We need an increase in school places provision and education floorspace – consideration for allowing school premises as part of new
We need holistic planning and design
We need targeted new and retrofitted green infrastructure measures in public realm spaces for biodiversity and climate benefits, including increasing provision of Green Roof/Walls and Planting of street trees,
Development affecting the current bus depot should aim to rationalise
the use of land for the bus depot as part of a comprehensive redevelopment of the area of DA6 South of the railway
We need District Heating networks/ Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technologies linked to new developments and connectivity between heat networks or energy centres.New developments with energy centres or communal heating and/or cooling systems should ensure connection with existing, or capacity for connection to future heat networks.
There is current capacity, but infrastructure may be required and connectivity. Provision is statutory duty for Southern Water and developers are required to provide proper connection Southern Water resources management Plan identifies meeting future demand which feeds into investment Plan
More housing means more waste, and potentially more blockages due to misuse, i.e. fat and wet wipes.
We need timely provision of new or improved water and wastewater
infrastructure through connection to water distribution and off site
sewerage system at nearest point of adequate capacity Development
proposals to reduce risk to Ground Water protection zones, (water
environment) and its ecology and potential yield of local water
resources used for public water supplies.
We also need Facilities and measures to help reduce risk of surface water flooding through provision of multi-use infrastructure.
