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From the City Council's "City News" (May 2004) Preston Barracks plan chosen An outstanding, elegant landmark development for the city has been chosen to transform the derelict site at Preston Barracks. The groundbreaking, contemporary proposal by a consortium of Chichester Diocesan Housing...

As another option for what? (Sorry ... we don't get the Leader out here). Surely not a stadium site? There's simply not enough space between the railway and the Lewes Road to fit one in.

To get people to a stadium at Sheepcote Valley would require at least another 30 double deck buses - over and above the number of buses that are already committed to Falmer. Either that or a massive car park and a totally unacceptable level of traffic congestion throughout East Brighton and the...

Thanks for that. Just don't put money on it, Gareth. :lolol:

And your EVIDENCE for this is what? SEEDA take a quite different view.

I've edited the above post by London Calling only to make it clear which bits were his contribution and which were mine. No change in the content.

The game hasn't changed. We have to prove that ALL of the alternative sites are unacceptable. If we fail to do that, Prescott's decision will simply be a NO to Falmer. It won't be a YES to the alternative. OK, we would no doubt be able to prepare and submit a planning application for the...

Perseus - You seem to be WANTING to find an alternative site. Can I ask a special favour? As an Albion supporter, could you just for once join in with everyone else and work for the outcome that Prescott has set up and that all the rest of us want ... the Falmer Stadium that has already been...

You'd have to be bloody clever (or bloody stupid) to propose an additional alternative site that is in the AONB and the future National Park. It would have to be tested against the criteria that apply to major developments in AONBs and National Parks and be shown to be the ONLY suitable site...

Once you start getting into the number of buses required to serve a stadium, the figures start to become extremely relevant. Sheepcote Valley would need 30 extra double deckers over and above the requirement for Falmer. 13 of these would be required for park and ride (some of them just to...

Inspector Collyer’s conclusions about the alternative sites:- Brighton Station. “The grant of permission for an alternative development presents a major obstacle in the way of securing this site for a new stadium. … If there were conclusive evidence that work on the permitted scheme was going...