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From today's Sussex Express
Stadium road faces red light
LEWES District Council on Tuesday is expected to throw a further spanner into Brighton and Hove Albion's dream of a new football stadium at Falmer.
The council's planning committee is being recommended to oppose the widening of Village Way, together with junction improvements and a new roundabout, at the University of Brighton entrance.
The widening is needed to secure the backing of the university for the proposed 22,000-seat stadium.
But officers will tell councillors at Lewes that Falmer Parish Council had objected on grounds that the road would alter the visual character of Village Way.
Also the traffic signal controls were likely to cause major road safety problems, with the build-up of traffic far greater than the applicant envisaged.
The proposal would generally degrade the proposed National Park, the parish added.
The Highway Authority did not wish to restrict grant of consent.
Add district officers: 'The council's objections in principle to the stadium development have already been made at the public inquiry and are unchanged.
'The proposed highway works did not form part of the stadium proposal considered at the inquiry, and have arisen during negotiations between the club and Brighton University.
'The applicant has, on its own admission, submitted this application for the sole purpose of persuading the university to sign an agreement which will give the applicant control over university-owned land.
'The stated view to the inquiry of both the applicant's planning advisers and of the county council as highway authority is that the stadium and interchange proposal does not create any planning need for this new access requirement.'
The officers say that 'undue noise and disturbance and light impact' would result in the detriment of the character of the area and local residential amenity in Falmer.
When the public inquiry into the football stadium plans resumes on October 14, the council is recommended to oppose the road changes on the grounds that they will have a 'substantial and detrimental effect' on the character and setting of Falmer.
29 August 2003
This story could equally well be told this way:-
HIGHWAY AUTHORITY BACKS FALMER ROAD PLANS
East Sussex County Council, the local highway authority, has said that it sees no reason to stand in the way of the Albion's plans to improve access to the new stadium site at Falmer.
However, Lewes District Council and Falmer Parish Council continue to obstruct the football club. Both Councils will try to persuade the Public Inquiry that road improvements at Village Way - an access track to the University - will mean that it will look different.
Neither Lewes District Council nor Falmer Parish Council have any powers to stop this road scheme.
From today's Sussex Express
Stadium road faces red light
LEWES District Council on Tuesday is expected to throw a further spanner into Brighton and Hove Albion's dream of a new football stadium at Falmer.
The council's planning committee is being recommended to oppose the widening of Village Way, together with junction improvements and a new roundabout, at the University of Brighton entrance.
The widening is needed to secure the backing of the university for the proposed 22,000-seat stadium.
But officers will tell councillors at Lewes that Falmer Parish Council had objected on grounds that the road would alter the visual character of Village Way.
Also the traffic signal controls were likely to cause major road safety problems, with the build-up of traffic far greater than the applicant envisaged.
The proposal would generally degrade the proposed National Park, the parish added.
The Highway Authority did not wish to restrict grant of consent.
Add district officers: 'The council's objections in principle to the stadium development have already been made at the public inquiry and are unchanged.
'The proposed highway works did not form part of the stadium proposal considered at the inquiry, and have arisen during negotiations between the club and Brighton University.
'The applicant has, on its own admission, submitted this application for the sole purpose of persuading the university to sign an agreement which will give the applicant control over university-owned land.
'The stated view to the inquiry of both the applicant's planning advisers and of the county council as highway authority is that the stadium and interchange proposal does not create any planning need for this new access requirement.'
The officers say that 'undue noise and disturbance and light impact' would result in the detriment of the character of the area and local residential amenity in Falmer.
When the public inquiry into the football stadium plans resumes on October 14, the council is recommended to oppose the road changes on the grounds that they will have a 'substantial and detrimental effect' on the character and setting of Falmer.
29 August 2003
This story could equally well be told this way:-
HIGHWAY AUTHORITY BACKS FALMER ROAD PLANS
East Sussex County Council, the local highway authority, has said that it sees no reason to stand in the way of the Albion's plans to improve access to the new stadium site at Falmer.
However, Lewes District Council and Falmer Parish Council continue to obstruct the football club. Both Councils will try to persuade the Public Inquiry that road improvements at Village Way - an access track to the University - will mean that it will look different.
Neither Lewes District Council nor Falmer Parish Council have any powers to stop this road scheme.
