Green Light in Brighton

Most towns in the south east are struggling to keep regeneration moving ahead but in Brighton plans for a mixed use scheme at the railway station have progressed.

The city council’s planning committee has given the green light to the scheme of Square Bay Properties for a hotel, offices and homes on a site known as ‘Block J.’ This is part of a programme to make access to the station easier and will, for example, bring an extension of the ‘Greenway’ route of a traffic free cycle and pedestrian link between the station and New England Road.

The scheme for a 94 bedroom hotel, 147 homes and offices is described as low carbon which includes rooftop allotments. There will also be a new public square. This development is the last of the so called New England Quarter to receive planning permission. The former railway goods yard has been developed in stages since a master plan was accepted in 2003.