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Brighton's Marina Development 'Roaring Forties' to be reviewed in court.









vegster

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,892
It's all about money, the developers are dressing this up as improvements but it's all about trousering as much cash as possible and scarpering.
 




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knocky1

Well-known member
Jan 20, 2010
12,963
Isn't that news woman from BBC married to the developer? the dancing yummy mummy sick one.

Plans look like Dubai hope they stop it in high court.
 






surrey jim

surrey jim

Not in Surrey
Aug 2, 2005
18,093
Bevendean
shaolinpunk said:
Whereabouts is it?
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If you are asking where the development in marina is, it will be by the Casino/bowling alley.

As for the farce around planning, as the developer was granted permission and has spent £16MM to date. if planning permission was subsequently withdrawn would the developer not have a good case to compensation from the council?
 






surrey jim

surrey jim

Not in Surrey
Aug 2, 2005
18,093
Bevendean
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11851143.Campaign_against_11_towers_will_go_to_court/

CAMPAIGNERS will take a legal challenge against the Brighton Marina redevelopment to senior law lords in June as progress on building the expansion gathers pace. The long-running dispute over the legality of eleven towers due to be built as part of a £250 million redevelopment will be heard in court over the summer, campaigners told a planning committee meeting yesterday.
Campaigners Robert Powell and Professor John Watts told councillors they will contest that all 11 towers are “illegal” and in contravention of the 1968 act that permitted the original creation of the marina.
The marina owners say the current legal action will have no impact on the ongoing construction work which is scheduled to be completed next summer.
Both parties attended yesterday’s planning committee to speak on proposed amendments to the 2006 planning permission to build 853 new homes in 11 towers ranging from six to 40 storeys.
Among the amendments granted by the committee was the removal of the RNLI souvenir shop from the marina with the charity hoping to set up a new shop near the Palace Pier.

Brunswick Developments successfully applied for amendments in redesigning a performing arts area to replace a raised stage with stepped seating and the removal of 436 square metres of proposed offices.
The Brighton Yacht Club will also be relocated within the marina, a revamped car park will include 350 spaces and the amount of restaurant space will be increased.
Andrew Goodall, of Brunswick Developments, said 100 construction workers were currently on site rising to 300 at the height of the project with 40% of these jobs going to local workers.
He dismissed safety concerns about the lowering of the tidal wall as untrue and said other issues concerning sewerage systems had been resolved with the recent increased capacity of the sewer network.
Mr Goodall said 20 shared ownership homes due to be completed by October had already been snapped up, adding: “Our aim is to create the world class leisure destination in the whole of the UK.”
But Mr Powell said: “Two of the eleven towers fall west of the development under the Brighton Marina Act, they are illegal, and all the towers may be illegal.


“We will present our case on June 16 and 17 and the meaning of the Brighton Marina Act will be determined by three law lords.”
Coun Mears added her own concerns about the “salami slicing” of the original 2006 permission by subsequent developer amendments and called for “strict conditions” around safety to be included in the new planning permission.
She said: “Should anything go wrong, we are all exposed to corporate risk and that concerns me greatly.”
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As said above the only people to get rich of this will be the lawyers. Cannot see how once construction is well underway that the developer will not see the finished properties.
 




The Large One

The Large One

Who's Next?
Jul 7, 2003
52,343
97.2FM
That piece is focussing on the wrong people.

It was a piece about a development which The Telegraph has used a petulant tone to bash The Green Party. It noticeably ignores the other two parties who (correctly, it would appear) voted the application through. It's not 'The Green Party' that has to deal with the issues, it's Brighton & Hove City Council - which are not one and the same. Pity a respected paper like The Telegraph can't make that rather simple distinction.
 
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Gilliver's Travels

Gilliver's Travels

Peripatetic
Jul 5, 2003
2,916
Brighton Marina Village
GingerBeerMan said:
The two buildings currently going up in the Marina, is assume one of them is this building?
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What you can see currently is two lift-shaft/stairwell towers for the nine-storey blocks that are going up in front of the West Quay Wetherspoons. There will be shops and restaurants at podium level and flats above.

The 40-storey tower (including a public observation deck) will be sited at the shore end of the West breakwater. In between will be a number of lower-rise residential blocks, adding around 900 dwellings in all to the 894 already here.
 


surrey jim

surrey jim

Not in Surrey
Aug 2, 2005
18,093
Bevendean
Gilliver's Travels said:
What you can see currently is two lift-shaft/stairwell towers for the nine-storey blocks that are going up in front of the West Quay Wetherspoons. There will be shops and restaurants at podium level and flats above.

The 40-storey tower (including a public observation deck) will be sited at the shore end of the West breakwater. In between will be a number of lower-rise residential blocks, adding around 900 dwellings in all to the 894 already here.
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What are your thoughts on the development?
 






Gilliver's Travels

Gilliver's Travels

Peripatetic
Jul 5, 2003
2,916
Brighton Marina Village
surrey jim said:
What are your thoughts on the development?
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If it's done properly, I have no automatic problem with it, apart from some concerns about the adequacy of the two existing access ramps to cope with the increased traffic.

The Marina as it stands is a strange beast: a combination of luxury yachts and expensive homes at one extreme, and appalling, trailer park ugliness at the other. The car park - a nightmare to navigate - is hideous, as are the grotesque David Lloyd and Casino tin sheds. If the new development turns out to have some style, it could improve the overall impression of the area. But they'll have to do something about the prison-wall concrete approaches to make it more attractive to visitors and resident alike.

I actually think the 40-storey tower could be quite stunning. An eyesore? Well, if those cliff-height building restrictions had been in place in the 30s, Marine Gate (much-loved by Art Deco fans) would never have been built. Architectural transformation isn't automatically bad.

Anyway, I'm at the Eastern end, near the lock, so the changes won't affect me too much. I'm certainly no progress-hating nimby: heavens, I even lobbied for a football stadium in an AONB a few years ago,
 




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