I meant the NIMBYs who offered Sheepcote as an alternative stadium site to Falmer. They too never got around the transport issue.
We're both right - to a point.
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/planning/major-developments/black-rock-proposal
It seems it has never been given...
There were plans for a 5,000-capacity ice rink at Black Rock, but they hit the same problems that the NIMBYs who wanted the Albion at Sheepcote Valley had - lack of appropriate and workable transport plans.