Sackville Place, Hove application submitted
Plans for a sustainable mixed-use development focussed around the creation of a new public square have been submitted to Brighton & Hove City Council. The regeneration proposals are for the redevelopment of Sackville Trading Estate and in addition to a new public square include a food store, shops, cafés and restaurants, offices and a mix of one, two and three bed family properties.
Prior to submission public consultation played a key role in developing the design of the final planning proposals. A two-day exhibition for local residents and businesses was held at Hove Methodist Church so that the emerging plans could be reviewed. Members of the development team were on hand to answer questions from visitors and listen to ideas.
Philip O’Callaghan, managing director of Parkridge Developments, the developers behind the scheme, said: “We spoke to over 250 people at our exhibition and received a lot of positive feedback and suggestions – especially for the public square we are proposing. The feedback we received has informed our design which we now feel truly reflects the local community’s aspirations for the area.
“With the current economic situation causing so many other schemes in the city to be delayed, we would like to reassure the local community that if we achieve planning permission this is a scheme that Parkridge, in conjunction with the owners of the site Coal Pension Properties Ltd, will undertake. The Waterfront development at Brighton Marina took Parkridge 15 months to build following planning permission and has rejuvenated this area of the Marina.”
The investment of around £100 million includes 72 ‘affordable’ homes targeted at key-workers; underground car parking and improvements to pedestrian crossing facilities and to the Sackville Road streetscape. The proposed public square, said to be Hove’s first in over 100 years, will integrate trees, contemporary shaped furniture, innovative lighting and will play host to community events.
