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Neighbourhood Forum a first for Hove and the city

Friday, 2 January 2015 Residents in Hove have successfully gained approval from Brighton & Hove City Council for a Neighbourhood Forum. The move will enable them to have a bigger say in plans for their area. The Hove Station Neighbourhood Forum (HSNF) is the first to be established in the city and it means that residents and businesses have won the statutory … Read more

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HAVE YOUR SAY day 11th February 2014

HOVE STATION NEIGHBOURHOODS FORUM HAVE YOUR SAY  meeting about the implications for Hove Park of Development Area 6 Hove Station designated in the Brighton and Hove City Plan and the Forum’s proposal to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan which will enable local residents and businesses to exert maximum possible influence on the large scale redevelopment of DA 6 Bishop Hannington Church (on … Read more

Forum applies for City Council approval to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan

Proposals for the Forum to be designated as a body qualified to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan were submitted to the City Council at the end of December. These proposals are now out for consultation until February 17th The proposals are on the Council web-site at http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/planning/neighbourhood-planning/hove-station-neighbourhood-plan Here you can find ….. the application for the designation of the Forum: sets … Read more

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Questions about the Hove Station Neighbourhood Plan boundary

UPDATE: The final boundary has since been designated by the council. There are two neighbourhood Plan areas around DA6. Our Hove Station Neighbourhood Forum area is shown in purple. View an interactive Map ➔ Read more about the outcome of the boundary dispute  ➔ Initial Boundary Consultation – 2014 The Plan has to have a boundary which defines the ‘designated area’ … Read more

Have Your Say day 2 invite - Sep 2013

Have Your Say day 2 invite – Sep 2013

HOVE STATION NEIGHBOURHOODS FORUM invites you to come and HAVE YOUR SAY about the future of your neighbourhood and your Neighbourhood Plan At an exhibition/coffee and tea drinking/drop in sessionIn the CCK building on Clarendon Villas (on the corner of Goldstone Street) Saturday 28th September, any time between 11am and 4pm 1pm: Neighbourhood Development Plans (Rob Fraser, Council Planning Officer) 2pm: … Read more

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Low Carbon Neighbourhoods – Energy Plan

BHESCo worked with the Hove Station sustainability group to develop an Energy plan for the Neighbourhoods within the designated area.

Ollie Pendered, ex-Communications and Communities Director at BHESCo has previously developed an Energy Plan and programme of initiatives in Barcombe in East Sussex. He has worked with Brighton & Hove housing sustainability team to develop energy efficiency campaigns across the city. Earlier this year he managed a £250k fuel poverty project Called Your Warm Home on behalf of the City Council and Department of Energy and Climate Change. He is a member of the Consultation Institute where he is part of their Roundtable on Neighbourhood Planning and is an advocate of low carbon energy plans.

Q: Why does Hove Station need an energy plan?

Developing a low carbon energy plan and offering initiatives to help people make their homes energy efficient will:

  • Improve residents living conditions
  • Save money on ever rising energy bills
  • Help residents become healthier and be warmer at home


Q: How is an energy plan structured?

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Inaugural General Meeting

This is an invitation to attend the Inaugural General Meeting of the Hove Station Neighbourhoods Forum on July 2nd at the Vallance Community Centre – 7.30pm to 9.30 pm The date of the meeting and outline agenda was circulated  to all Forum Members and Supporters on June 23rd. This invitation confirms the date and provides the detaied agenda papers for … Read more

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Hove Station Area – Visual Surveys

In 2016, students from The University of Brighton surveyed Hove Station and surrounding areas – revealing interesting insights  – to inform our neighbourhood plan. Click below to download the full reports in PDF Format (caution: large file sizes). Survey 1: This report is a study of  Hove Stati?on, it uses this small area to look at these larger questi?ons of … Read more

The Story So Far

November 14th 2012 Goldsmid Ward councillors called a second meeting for residents to discuss the proposals being developed by MATSIM for the redevelopment of the bus garage and surrounding area and the idea of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan for the area affected by this proposal. Of the 70 plus residents who turned up from the few streets leafleted close to … Read more

Hove Station Footbridge Designs

Improving pedestrian-crossings across the railway is an important action for the Hove Station Gateway Community Hub set out in Neighbourhood Part 2 and has been carried through into the BHCC Master Plan. The Hove Station Area Improvement Group prepared a leaflet which set out the community’s request for the Council to take urgent action to improve the cleaning of the bridge, … Read more

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Who owns Hove Station Development Area 6 ?

Hove Station Neighbourhoods Forum is doing research to find out land ownership in DA6. Why are we doing this? Because the companies that own the land will have a massive influence on how our area changes. The Forum needs to move to a position of having a working relationship with landowners and developers such as KAP Motor Group, Matsim, Mountpark etc.