Policy 13 – Parking and Movement

Parking provision in new developments in DA6 will need to comply with the standards set out in the Council’s Supplementary Planning Document 14 for the Central Zone. Parking in the remaining parts of the Neighbourhood Plan area will need to meet the standards for Key Public Transport Corridors. (See Figure 16). Subject to public consultation the controlled parking zone in … Read more

Area wide linkages - Hove Station Quarter

Policy 1: Creation of the Hove Station Quarter

Development proposals in the area compromising DA6 in the City Plan Part One will be supported if they demonstrate a comprehensive and integrated approach supporting the creation of Hove Station Quarter with a strong relationship to the station. [Hove Station Area SPD18 provides development management guidance and is supported by relevant Neighbourhood Plan policies]. City Plan DA6 will be suitable … Read more

Policy 2: Goldstone Retail Park

In the event that the Goldstone Retail Park site becomes available for redevelopment, proposals for mixed use residential and employment use will be supported. See Fig.7, zone P2 Reason: This substantial area of land has the potential to make a substantial additional contribution to the city’s housing need, whilst retaining or increasing the current amount of employment generated on site. It … Read more

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Policy 8: Design & Public Realm

One of a range of policies dealing with aspects of new development, including heights, access, street level design and landscaping. These policies aim to transform run down brownfield sites almost totally devoid of greenery into modern urban neighbourhoods, characterised by green public open space trees.

Policy 10: Community Facilities

Proposals which broaden and enhance the mix of community facilities such as day nurseries, GP surgeries or sports facilities will be encouraged as an essential component to the use mix in the Hove Station Quarter. Such proposals will need to take account of relevant planning policy considerations including traffic/parking and neighbour/amenity impacts. Where proposed developments would lead to increases in … Read more

Join HSNF to take part in the workshop on Transport

We now have a timetable for completion of the draft Neighbourhood Plan, including consultation, before the HSNF Neighbourhood Plan proposal is submitted to the council. The next step will be a workshop with Council officers on travel & transport (including traffic and parking). This workshop should be scheduled soon and members of the Hove Station Neighbourhood Forum will be invited to … Read more

The Plan (Pt.1 Policies)

Here you will find the Hove Station Neighbourhood Plan (HSNP) documents – produced by local residents after extensive community engagement . Part One will be subject to referendum (9 Feb ’24). Our Plan covers the same period as the BHCC City Plan (up to 2030). It develops and elaborates further the strategic framework established by the City Plan for the future development of the Designated Area and will sit alongside the City Plan as the statutory plan for the area. The Neighbourhood Plan is seen by the Forum as providing the policy context for the Hove Station Area Master Plan for the area.

Sackville Conway Community Hub CH2

Do you want to improve the public realm in front of the Honeycroft centre, create a pocket park near north of St Barnabas Hall or plot footpaths from Poets Corner to Hove Station? Yes? The Sackville Road – Conway Street Community Hub Group needs you! All these organisations and enterprises operate in a run-down environment, yet they provide vital community services and jobs. … Read more

Community Hub CH3 – Improvements to Portland Rd

Portland Road is one of the city’s local centres and provides a wide range of retail and commercial services within walking distance of the dense terraced housing. With all the new development in the area, there is clearly a need for traffic management; and scope for improving the busy and important group of shops, offices and community facilities on Portland Rd. Join … Read more

Hove Station Community Hub – CH1

Hove Station is a major transport hub that has had very little investment for many years. The area includes shops, small businesses, cafés, bars and pubs and is badly in need of a major environmental public realm uplift. The Forum is proposing to establish a community hub in the immediate vicinity of the Station premises. If you’re interested in joining the Hove Station Improvement group and/or helping with petitions and getting the local businesses involved please get in touch.

Movement & Connectivity

UPDATE: In 2017, we published draft policies and invited people to comment (see bottom of page). After many years of further consultation with the public and the council, the final policies were published in 2023. Here you will find links to the latest policies, and below are the old drafts for reference.

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Call for major improvements to Hove Station Footbridge

Architect David Kemp is among a number of local businesses and residents calling for more substantial work on the bridge which has fallen into “an appalling condition”. Mr Kemp drew up designs for an improved footbridge and the Neighbourhood Forum has collected hundreds of signatures calling for funding for a new bridge. The footbridge is the major north-south pedestrian link, but it is poorly maintained and the absence of lifts at either end render it unusable for wheelchair uses, totally inadequate for people with disabilities and grossly inconvenient for people with luggage, heavy shopping bags or prams.

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Mountpark’s proposed design for regeneration of Sackville trading estate

Developer Mountpark’s initial proposals for high-density employment, retail and 600 new homes are still at the design stage and are part of a bigger regeneration initiative. The area covered stretches from the Sackville Estate and the old coal yard north of Hove Station to Newtown Road and Goldstone Lane where work by the Hyde Group is already under way. The developer … Read more

Concepts & Options

Aspirations > Outstanding Questions

2022 – The latest concept masterplan by the Forum,
which incorporates the council’s approved SPD18 plans

Hove Station Quarter Concept Master Plan

Watch our video describing this plan

HOW WE GOT HERE:

2020 UPDATE – Good News!

Update 2020: Our concept plan has now been incorporated into B&H council’s Supplementary Planning Document. It will provide detailed guidance to ‘higher-level’ planning policies (in the Brighton & Hove City Plan and the ‘emerging’ Hove Station Neighbourhood Plan). Watch the videos…

2019 – The council’s consultation video

Council survey

There are three major developments happening or about to happen in the Hove Station area. This was the result of top-down planning by the city council. In response to this, the Hove Station Neighbourhood Forum produced ‘The Hove Station Quarter Concept Plan and Options Study’ (ideas for a Master Plan). This features a wide range of community-led proposals – including public squares, bridge, footways and a possible school site – in order to support and accommodate this development. This work was led by residents including town planning experts and architects. It was funded by DCLG and prepared by urban design specialists AECOM. We sought feedback from the local community as the plan evolved.

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New Waste & Minerals Site Plan adopted (February 2017)

The council’s plans for a new Waste & Minerals Site have been adopted (February 2017). They have allocated a nearby site at Sussex House Industrial Area and noted the following:

“Sackville Road and part of Old Shoreham Road, which are in close proximity to the site, are part of the Brighton, Portslade and Rottingdean 2013 AQMA. Waste management uses may not have a materially different effect on the AQMA compared to other industrial uses. However, proposals should consider the potential for issues relating to air quality, including those relating East Sussex, South Downs and Brighton & Hove Waste and Minerals Sites Plan – Schedule of Suitable Industrial Estates (Adopted February 2017) to vehicle movements, which may affect air quality. Operators may also wish to consider entering into routing agreements. Where appropriate, suitable mitigation should be provided.”

Read the council’s full site plan: http://consult.eastsussex.gov.uk/

2022 – The latest concept masterplan by the Forum, which incorporates the council’s approved SPD18 plans

HOW WE GOT HERE:

2020 UPDATE – Good News!

2019 – The council’s consultation video

2022 – The latest concept masterplan by the Forum,
which incorporates the council’s approved SPD18 plans