Hove Station Neighbourhood Plan

HOVE STATION NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

P A R T T W O : A S P I R A T I O N S

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Contents

SECTION 5 Implementation ______________________________________________________________ 3

5.2 Linkages / Movement: ............................................................................................................................................................ 8

5.2.1 Principles: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8

5.2.2 Projects: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8

5.3 Public Realm Improvements ............................................................................................................................................ 11

5.4 Community Hubs ................................................................................................................................................................... 12

5.5 Design benchmarks............................................................................................................................................................... 17

5.6 Individual Sites ....................................................................................................................................................................... 19

5.7 Energy Issues ........................................................................................................................................................................... 20

5.8 Implementation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21

SECTION 6 A High level Assessment of Transport Implications _________________________________ 22

6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 22

6.2 General principles.................................................................................................................................................................. 23

6.3 Car borne trip generation arising from new development................................................................................ 23

6.4 Managing traffic impact on surrounding roads ...................................................................................................... 23

6.5 Substitution of traffic through changed land uses ................................................................................................. 24

6.6 Facilitation of pedestrian and cycling movements ................................................................................................ 24

6.7 Facilitation of bus movement .......................................................................................................................................... 24

6.8 Centralised car parking facilities .................................................................................................................................... 24

6.9 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................................. 25

SECTION 7 What should the City Council do? _______________________________________________ 26

ANNEX 5: Small Area Statistics ________________________________________________________ 27

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SECTION 5 Implementation

1 In preparing the Neighbourhood Plan the Forum has been concerned to ensure that

as developers secure planning approvals the various development projects tie

together to ultimately deliver the Plan’s Vision of a new Hove Station Quarter.

5.2 Introduction

2 The Vision and Strategic objectives of the Plan was clarified through our community

engagement work in 2015 at the same time Matsim were engaged in pre-

application discussion of their Hove Gardens Project. Thus joint work with them

was on the shared basis that this project would be the first phase of the

comprehensive redevelopment DA 6 South of the railway and ‘beacon development’

which would deliver a signature building. In January 2019 this project was

approved by a government Planning Inspector and its construction will kick-start

the implementation of our proposed redevelopment of DA6 south of the railway.

3 In 2016 we began discussions with Mountpark about the future of the Sackville

area of DA6 north of the railway and their initial proposals were presented to Forum

members and the wider public at our Have Your Say Day.

4 In parallel we secured an urban design support package from AECOM (funded by

Locality) for the preparation of a Hove Station Quarter Concept Plan. This brought

together the initial ideas of the Forum’s technical team and the ideas generated in

discussions with both Matsim’s consultant LCE architects and Mountpark’s team.

The Concept Plan was conceived of as providing the spatial development framework

for a DA 6 Master Plan and is presented in Section 5.2 below.

5 In June 2018 MODA came forward at an early pre-application stage to discuss how

their developing proposals were being guided by and were consistent with the

policies of the emerging Neighbourhood Plan. Drawing on the experience of our

joint work with Matsim we participated in a seies of workshops with the MODA

technical team. The result was that MODA fully bought into the vision of a new Hove

Station Neighbourhood Quarter and adopted the basic design principles of the

Concept Plan – particularly the need to minimise the impact of additional traffic and

provide for eventual east-west and north-south linkages with existing

neighbourhoods .

6 From 2015 onwards the Forum consistently pressed the case for a DA6 Master

Plan. Finally, in late 2017 the Council made a successful bid for government funds

to commission a Master Plan. It has since been agreed that the Council will work in

partnership with the Forum to develop the Master Plan as a Supplementary

Planning Document which will provide the detailed block-by block guidance

http://www.hovestationforum.co.uk/

S E C T I O N 5 I m p le m e n t a t io n


framework for the redevelopment of DA6, using Neigbourhood Plan policies and the

Hove Station Concept Plan as the starting point.

7 In particular, the Master Plan will take forward the indicative schemes which have

developed by small groups of community stakeholders and residents for

Community Hub , focused on the immediate environment of Hove Station and

Community Hub 2 focused on the Honeycroft and Vallance centres which are set out

in 5.3 below.

8 The development of the Neighbourhood Plan has included the creation of an outline

Community Energy Plan which emerged from a UK power Networks funded

project undertaken jointly with BHESCO – summarized in Section 5.4 .This focused

on addressing the poor levels of energy efficiency in the 19th century home which

dominate the Neighbourhood Area. The DA6 proposal for district heating was also

reviewed and will be taken forward in the Master Plan.

9 In preparing this plan the Forum has been concerned to ensure whatever phasing

of development emerges that ultimately the various components tie together to

create the high-quality Hove Station Quarter that the Forum envisages.

10 Key to that success are the introduction of a number of connections that traverse

the area to help pedestrian and cycle movements and a careful management of

traffic flows arising from the developments. Key is also that a wide range of

improvements to the public realm take place, both in terms of improvements to

streets, high quality landscaping and a sequence of breakout areas to mitigate the

impact of the high-density development envisaged.

The Forum has been fortunate to be able to attract resources for a concept plan,

which will be the precursor to a Masterplan for the area which illustrates the

various linkages needed and additional components required for the area as

follows:




11 Figure 5-1 shows some of the proposals which have come forward in the area

(2015-17) and illustrates the principles of links and the creation of building blocks.

12 Hove Station is the centre of the new Hove Station Quarter and should be easily

accessible from all parts of the surrounding area.

Figure 5-1

Links and Building blocks

Figure 5-2

Access to the station




13 Environmental improvements, breakout areas, pocket parks and attractively

designed and safe links across the area will be key to the successful development of

the area.

Figure 5-3

Environmental Improvements




Figure 5-4 - The latest thinking, including development proposals and the Forum’s suggestions for improvements to the area.




14 Govia is planning to reorganise their bus garage to improve office and staff facilities

and to reorganise bus standing areas. This would be the first steps in a wider

reorganisation of the bus garage to free up the area east of Fonthill Road, north of

Conway Street.

15 The Concept Plan contains a number of detailed suggestions and alternatives which

are described in more detail below.

5.3 The Hove Station Concept Plan:

16 This Plan maps the ideas which emerged during the preparation of the Hove Station

Neighbourhood Plan and which cannot be put into the statutory part of that Plan.

The ideas shown are nevertheless critical for achieving our vision for the Hove

Station Quarter. The following sections set out principles, projects and parking and

transport as well as public realm improvements.

5.3.2 Principles:

For pedestrians and cyclists good linkages need to be provided across the area and to Hove station.

● The access to the station via the footbridge(s) needs to be made accessible for

example to people with prams or in wheelchairs.

● Car based travel should be possible across the area but at low speeds. The

approach to achieve this could include shared surfaces and pinch points that

discourage rat runs. Considerations should be given to achieve speeds below

20mph through the area for example by shared surfaces and sections of

private roads, where speeds can be set below 20mph.

● Surrounding residential roads will also need to be the subject of traffic

calming measures to avoid undue traffic pressure arising from new

development

● Pedestrian / Cycling links across area: access to station including

footbridge(s)

5.3.3 Projects:

The following projects are included in the concept plan. Some of these are mutually exclusive: For pedestrian and cycle based movement a number of connections across or from the railway will require improvements or will need to be added:

● The upgrade or rebuild of the existing Hove station footbridge to accessible

standard.

● Pedestrian and cycle access route from Hove station through to Hove Park




● A new footbridge across the railway to the current station car park as shown

on the concept plan and / or

● A refurbishment of Fonthill Road railway bridge encompassing a widening of

the pavements on either side.

● A wide sweep of steps from the station area down to the Conway street area

● The continuation of the segregated cycleway along Old Shoreham Road;

● Provision of missing footway provisions such as by the petrol station off

Station Approach and provision of safe pedestrian crossing outside Hove

Station for visually impaired.

For car-based movement the following changes are proposed:

● The opening up of Fonthill Road / Goldstone Lane southwards to allow better

permeability of the area including bus circulation following redevelopment of

the bus station. (This is related to redevelopment of the areas between the

high rise blocks of the Clarendon Estate);

● A link or links facilitating west to east movement from Sackville Road into

Newtown Road

● The reduction of carriage width under the Fonthill Road railway bridge to

provide wide pavements and single lane alternative movement of cars under

the bridge.

● Shared surface roads along Conway Street and Goldstone Villas in the vicinity

of Hove Station

● An improvement to the Sackville Road / Old Shoreham Road junction (see

below)




Parking:

17 Extensive public cycle parking is required - such as that at the Railway station.

18 The concept plan also suggests a rearrangement of station car parking with a larger

facility at the junction Newtown Road / Fonthill Road, with possible a 1-2 storey

lower ground parking below a mixed use development.

Figure 5-5 parkingzonesmap.brighton-hove.gov.uk

19 To ensure that the area functions as intended, once completed, a number of traffic

management measures will need to accompany construction and the

implementation of the various projects.

● Firstly: The DA6 area should be fully incorporated into one of the adjacent

Controlled Parking Zones (either T, N or R) ahead of significant development

coming forward. (This is also referred to in Policy 16).

● Secondly: All development in the DA6 area should be essentially car-free, by

which it is meant that residents will not be eligible for a Residents Parking

Permit. In this way, it is intended to reduce vehicle congestion, parking pressure and create the opportunity for using the streets within the Plan area for things

other than car parking. This policy does not conflict with Policy 16 which allows

for a small amount of dedicated off-street parking.

● Thirdly: Provision should be made for the Old Shoreham Road/Sackville Road

junction to be reconfigured so as to allow a single stage pedestrian phase to be

introduced. This may require new development at the junction to be set-back marginally to enable three running lanes in each direction (two ahead/left and

one right turning lane). The footprint of any development of those plots adjacent

to the junction will be constrained by this requirement.

20 For information only: The entire area surrounding Newtown Road from the junction

with Fonthill Road is outside any Controlled Parking Zone. This also applies to all but

the frontage of the Sackville Road Trading Estate. A small stretch from Fonthill Road

and up to and including Goldstone Lane to the north is within zone T:


https://parkingzonesmap.brighton-hove.gov.uk/



5.4 Public Realm Improvements

A wide range of public realm improvements are suggested in the concept plan:

21 Upgrades will be needed across the area in terms of road surfacing, including the

creation of shared surfacing at a number of points as set out above.

22 Special attention will need to be focussed on the station forecourts (both station

buildings) and the exit area of the station foot bridge at Hove Park Villas

23 Extensive street tree planting will be required as part of the developments as well

as in surrounding streets to achieve a general environmental lift in the area.

Improvements should include street tree planting along Goldstone Villas and

Portland Road and other roads in the neighbourhood area where the original

planting has been decimated.

24 To ensure sustainable planting, which minimises adverse future impacts on

highways, kerbs and pavements sufficient space needs to be made available for tree

pits wherever possible. A typical design of a street tree pit is shown Fig. 5-7.

25 The design of the links across the DA6 area will need to include breakout areas and

pocket parks, small play areas, seating and water features and should be of highest

possible standard as these features will determine the overall quality of the area.

The Forum also expects the area to participate in creating a public sculpture trail

with sculptures that will spend their first 12-18 months as exhibits on the Hove

Plinth, before they move to their final destination on site.

Figure 5-6 - Example highway tree planting, Clay Pavior Edge




5.5 Community Hubs

26 The Neighbourhoood Plan includes a policy for the development of Community

Hubs. This section provides a brief account of how these community-based projects

were developed and sketch schemes to illustrate what they could deliver. They are

a priority target for the neighborhood share of the Section 106 funds which will be

generated in the Neighbourhood Area.

5.5.2 What are community hubs?

27 They are key locations in the Plan area where a combination of local businesses and

community organisations provide jobs, services and facilities for local people

which are key elements of our community infrastructure.

28 These areas need to be improved to enhance their positive community role.

This will need investment from a variety of sources, in particular from developer

contributions – the cash that developers have to pay to the Council for infrastructure

to support the development which they are proposing.

29 The development of the Community Hub Projects

30 For each hub a group of 8-10 stakeholders – local residents, businesses, community,

health and welfare organisations. These groups met to

● develop comments on the emerging Neighbourhood Plan as it affects their

area

● identify opportunities (both short term and longer term) for potential

improvements to roads, footpaths, landscaping, accessibility, and individual

buildings – to make their hub more attractive

● work with urban designers and architects to develop Community Hub

Improvement Schemes - sketch schemes which illustrate how their ideas

could be implemented and the ‘ball park cost’

● and establish phased priorities for the local investment of public and private

sector fund to implement these schemes.

31 The concept plan for the Hove Station Quarter proposes 4 community hubs,

identified as follows:

• CH1 - Hove Station Hub – the commercial area immediately to the north, south and east of the station – the main hub of the proposed Hove Station Quarter;

• CH 2 - Sackville Road – Conway Street Hub – including the Salvation Army building, the Vallance Community Centre, the Honeycroft community facilities, Stockwell Studios and the Decon factory;




• CH 3 - Stoneham Hub – including the school, the new health centre and the Westows site (to be redeveloped for housing), commercial uses on Portland Road, together with Stoneham Park with its community café;

• CH 4 - A further hub will be included in the redevelopment of the Sackville Trading Estate

32 Each hub will be different and respond to local needs and opportunities and

intensive public involvement around the potential design of these areas can be

expected. For example the area within the current Sackville Trading estate could

focus around the proposed new artists workshops and a good design of the

proposed square with associated facilities, street furniture, water features, public

art etc; the area around Hove Station might include cycling facilities, an improved

transport interchange, improvements to the footbridge and Goldstone Villas and

improved facilities located in the Old Station building; the area at the western end

of Conway Street could focus on involvement of various existing community

facilities and the detailed design of a pocket park. School Road hub could aim at

bringing back recently lost community facilities in the area;

33 Sketch schemes for several of the hubs have been put together with local community

groups from these areas who have met repeatedly to develop these ideas. The ideas

are shown below. The Forum expects these to be further detailed as development

progresses in the area and will seek to attract developer contributions to help

implement these schemes.

34 Work will continue by the Forum to fully develop these schemes and those for the

remaining areas in conjunction with local communities.




Hove Station Hub (CH1) – North of Railway

Figure 5-7 Before and after illustration of the northern part of Hove Station Hub.




Hove Station Hub (CH1) – South of Railway

Figure 5-8 An indication of how the area around the station entrance could be improved




Figure 5-9 a first indication of how this hub could be improved together with a site plan for the hub area




5.6 Design benchmarks

Hove Station Quarter will be high density and detailed design and careful planning of green space will be of essence to ensure a high-quality living standard in the area. Some of the images set out below provide some benchmarks:

Figure 5-10 Indicative site & landscaping study - Conway Ct & Honeycroft Centre




Figure 5-13 - Living streets and sustainable urban drainage

Figure 5-11 - Greening a high-density area

Figure 5-12 - Inspired street-scape




5.7 Individual Sites

The main concern of the concept plan is to ensure that individual developments as they come along grow together organically to an attractive entity. Here we will comment on a number of individual sites in the area. A limited number of large land owners control a substantial part of land in the DA6 area and the Forum has sought to work together with these landowners to ensure that new development help implement our vision.

The following are the Key development sites:

i 1-3 Ellen Street and additional land owned by Matsim: the Forum has consistently

supported the effort by Matsim to redevelop their land holdings, initially with the Hove

Gardens proposal. This would provide a first major investment south of the railway and in

our opinion, help trigger comprehensive redevelopment in a large part of that area for

mixed uses appropriate to a busy inner city location.

ii Land owned by the Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company – the company wants to

rationalise their land holdings and there are major opportunities for a rearrangement of

their operations. The Forum has held discussions with the company and we believe that a

redevelopment on 103 Ellen Street could trigger gradual redevelopment of the Bus and

coach company land holdings.

iii Land owned by Brighton & Hove City Council (Industrial House and Clarendon Road

Estate): The Forum believes that the Council has a proactive role to perform in cooperating

with other land owners to achieve comprehensive redevelopment in the area. The Forum

has long pointed out redevelopment opportunities between the blocks of the housing

estate, which could help increase housing supply and at the same time improve the local

public realm.

iv Land formerly owned by British Coal Board, including the Sackville Trading Estate and the

Coal Yard site. The Forum believes that the redevelopment of this very large brownfield site

will be the most important element of implementing the neighbourhood plan north of the

railway and the Forum is working closely with the developers Moda and Mayfield to realise

the vision of the Neighbourhood Plan.

v The Peugeot car showrooms, Newtown Road; the Forum has been consulted on this

proposal and has managed to agree linkages through the site so as to facilitate future

connections across the site and to Hove Park once the Goldstone Retail Park is redeveloped.

vi Clarkes bakery site; the Forum has had first discussions with the land owners and hopes to

progress these in the foreseeable future. The redevelopment of this site is key to a number

of the ideas in the concept plan.

vii Goldstone Retail Park: the Forum has produced a sketch scheme for this site, but no

contacts have yet been made with the landowners. It is assumed that redevelopment of this

site will be someway off in the future. However, bearing in mind the rapid changes in the

retail sector this might bring this site forward for redevelopment much earlier than

anticipated. The plan suggests a mixed residential / employment development on this site.

viii The Post Office Site, south of the railway: should this site become available during the plan

period then the Forum believe this should be for housing. The same would apply if the

Drive Bowling club decided to sell up.




5.8 Community Energy Plan

35 In the context of the emerging practice of Low Carbon Neighbourhood Planning the

development of the Neighbourhood Plan has included the creation of an outline

Community Energy Plan. This emerged from a UK power Networks funded project

undertaken jointly with our partner Brighton and Hove Energy Saving Co-op

(BHESCO)

36 The project focused on addressing the poor levels of energy efficiency in the 19th

century homes which dominate the Neigbourhood Area. Energy Awareness

workshops/exhibitions and leafleting gave this issue an increased profile.

Residents were informed about both the need to improve the energy efficiency of

their homes and the opportunities for grant and laon support for energy efficiency

installations. In addition, several local businesses had their energy consumption

monitored and they subsequently invested in energy saving measures.

37 The Forum intends to build on this work in partnership with BHESCO by delivering

further energy initiatives, particularly targeted to households in fuel poverty. It will

also contribute to the Master Plan work on assessing the feasibility of a district

heating initiative in the Conway Street area.




5.9 Implementation

38 The successful engagement with major landowners, ensuring that their projects

contribute to the development of the proposed Hove Station Quarter, and with the

Council to secure the preparation of a Master Plan, have together laid the basis for

the implementation of the Neighbourhood Plan.

39 The successful delivery of the Hove Station Quarter will require the continued

engagement of the Forum in the development process, in terms of influencing the

outcome of further planning applications and the development of the Master Plan,

whilst sustaining the implementation of the Community Hubs. But it will also

require the Council to establish a Hove Station Quarter Partnership to establish the

process for securing major funding for the longer term proposals to connect DA6

North and DA6 south and to complete the delivery of the infrastructure projects.

40 Hove Station Neighbourhood Forum will work with local residents and businesses,

land owners and developers and the council to bring about the phased

comprehensive redevelopment of the area known as DA6 to create a new Hove

Station Quarter.

41 To implement the various projects needed to tie together the area and create a

functioning urban quarter additional funding will be needed. Some of this will come

from developer contribution, but the Forum realises that there will also need to be

contributions from public funding such as regional funds to complete the necessary

infrastructure improvements.

42 In addition it will be critical for the council to actively participate and leverage its

assets in the area to enable the changes to take place.

43 Creating a functioning and integrated area, both south and north of the railway will

require substantial funding spent on the public realm, the costs of which need to be

shared by all for the benefit of all.


S E C T I O N 6 A H ig h le ve l A s s e s sm e n t o f T r a ns p o r t I m p l i c a t io ns


SECTION 6 A High level Assessment of Transport

Implications

6.1 Introduction

44 The combined impact of the various proposals in this plan will put additional

pressure on the Neighbourhood Plan area in terms of traffic, noise and emissions.

This section explains how the plan proposals aim to reduce the impact to achieve a

liveable Hove Station Quarter.

45 The proposals contained in this plan exceed the minimum requirements of 550 units

set out in the adopted City Plan Part I, was included in a city-wide transport

assessment. The increase in traffic arising from these proposals as contained in the

city plan has been deemed acceptable by the Council from a city-wide perspective.

Therefore this section will seek to highlight the impact of the additional

development proposed in the City Plan Part II and the Neighbourhood Plan in the

Neighbourhood Plan Area and how such impact will be controlled.

46 The section arises from the advice by the Council’s planner and transport specialists

that a detailed transport assessment for the total neighbourhood plan will not be

necessary. Detailed assessments are however being carried out for each individual

planning application as sites come up for development.

47 The plan contains a range of measures that aim to control and reduce the potential

impact of traffic and movement arising from the large increase in residential and

commercial development in the Development Area 6. No similar assessment was

deemed necessary for the areas outside DA6 as additional development there

during the plan period is expected to be marginal during the plan period.

This assessment looks at the following mitigating measures:

i General principles

ii Car borne generation arising from new development.

iii Managing traffic impact on surrounding roads

iv Substitution of traffic through changed land uses

v Designed facilitation of pedestrian and cycling movements

vi Facilitation of bus movement

vii Centralised car parking facilities




6.2 General principles

48 The proposed design for Hove Station Quarter, centred on Hove Station, aims to fully

utilise Hove Station as a departure and arrival destination for as much movement

as possible. The station, the second largest in Brighton and Hove is ideally located

for journeys from and to the west coast, London, Brighton and the east beyond. Any

potential shift of car borne trips to train or buses will be of benefit not just to this

location but to the city as a whole.

49 The plan also seeks to reduce the movement of heavy goods vehicles by shifting

employment facilities to more modern, less transport intensive land uses. In the

long run the substitution of retail warehousing (a major trip attractor) with

residential and offices will also have a potential to reduce vehicle movements on the

surrounding road network.

50 The layout and design of new development should be such that it discourages

unnecessary car based movements and positively invites pedestrian and cycling

movements as the default transport mode in a modern city quarter.

6.3 Car borne trip generation arising from new development

51 The plan proposes that the DA6 area as a whole will be classified as Central Zone

similar to the area around Brighton Station. This means that car parking required

for new development will be drastically reduced giving rise to many fewer cars (and

hence trips) than would normally have been the case. At the same time the plan

suggests that the entire area be incorporated in one of the adjoining Controlled

Parking Zones, with residents in the new developments not being eligible for

residents parking (apart from visitors parking)

52 A battery of car club vehicles should be available to deal with necessary vehicular

trips.

53 The restrictions similarly apply to commercial developments, again with an aim to

encourage people to use one of the best public transport hubs the city has. These

measures exceed the proposals set out in the city plan for DA6.

6.4 Managing traffic impact on surrounding roads

54 The Forum is well aware of current pressures on the road network surrounding and

bisecting the Development Area 6. Even with the control on new vehicle trips

generated from within the development, there will still be potential additional

pressure on surrounding roads, which needs to be managed. The plan suggests

potential relief to junction Old Shoreham Road / Sackville Road and other

surrounding junctions by allowing traffic to percolate through the Development

Area. Therefore vehicles which need to reach a destination within the new

development area can do so. However movement through the area will be heavily

reduced in speed and to achieve this stretches of shared surface road will be


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encouraged to dissuade rat running and to only make a trip into the centre of the

area worthwhile if it is really necessary.

55 Such restraint will also be necessary for roads such as Fonthill Road, Newtown Road

and other roads subject to rat racing. One of the alternative options suggested for

Fonthill Road would be alternative movements through the tunnel following a

substantial widening of the currently unsafe pavements on either side.

6.5 Substitution of traffic through changed land uses

56 The plan argues for an intensification of land uses. This would result in fewer large

HGVs traversing the area. Likewise and probably in the time beyond the current

plan period a substitution of the current retail warehouses along Old Shoreham

Road would substantially reduce the location as a trip generator both for

commercial vehicles and cars.

6.6 Facilitation of pedestrian and cycling movements

57 In principle pedestrian and cycling links throughout the area should be given

priority. The Neighbourhood Plan hinges on easy access to Hove Station from the

entire area and several options to achieve this are set out including improvement to

the current footbridge, a further traverse across the railway lines to allow people to

easily reach the platform levels of the station and improvements to the Fonthill

tunnel to make pedestrian movement safer. This will be critical if the objectives of

an attractive and lively new city quarter are to be achieved and will need substantial

imagination and political will.

6.7 Facilitation of bus movement

58 The current bus stop facilities are tired and require a substantial upgrade. The

proposals by the bus company for new shelters would help to upgrade the bus stop

to a high quality interchange facility and is seen as an integral part of attracting more

people to public transport. The area in front of the old station building is seen by the

Forum as an ideal location for such a facility.

6.8 Centralised car parking facilities

59 The plan suggests that any parking still needed in the area is amalgamated with an

extended station car park. This could be north or south of the railway and would

result in a rational use of space where train users and commercial users occupy

much of the car park during the day and local residents during the night.




6.9 Conclusion

60 Taken together these measures, once implemented, would help to reduce the traffic

impact of the proposed Hove Station Quarter, whilst at the same time contributing

to a more attractive and safer environment. We believe that by implementing our

key suggestions re Car Parking provision and land use proposals, it should be

possible to reduce traffic emanating from some sites within the Neighbourhood Plan

area compared to the situation based on current planning permissions. This

certainly appears to apply to the area north of the railway as demonstrated by the

transport assessment for Moda, the largest single development proposal in the area

likely to come forward.


S E C T I O N 7 Wh a t s h o u ld t h e C i t y C o u n c i l d o ?


SECTION 7 What should the City Council do?

This plan is put forward by the Hove Station Neighbourhood Forum. Its main aim is to help bring about a transformation of the area around Hove Station into a new city quarter – Hove Station Quarter. The policies and proposals for implementation are based on lengthy and detailed discussions over several years with local residents, businesses, land owners and developers. The Forum has engaged with the City Council, which has a number of roles, as planning authority, as Housing Authority, as Education Authority, as Highways Authority and of course as land owner.

For the plans to succeed all parties will need to work together and the council holds several keys to a successful implementation of the plans.

● As the planning authority, the council will need to agree that the Neighbourhood

plan is in conformity with the City Plan. It then will need to consider the policies

in the neighbourhood plan when determining planning applications and use its influence to help implement the various aspects of the plan.

● It will need to help in attracting regional funds for those parts of necessary

infrastructure improvements that cannot be funded by developer contributions and that are necessary to unlock the development potential in the area.

● As a land owner it will need to be proactive in terms of bringing its own land

holdings forward into the development process and cooperate with the major land owners in the area to bring about successful developments.

● As the housing authority it will need to explore how their existing estate in the

area can be best improved and how new models of genuinely affordable homes can be achieved in the area.

● As a highways authority it should help finalise the proposals for linkages and

smooth movement for pedestrians, cyclists and cars through the area. It also

should designate DA6 as a central zone for the purposes of car parking and a

number of other transport and parking related measures. For example the plan

suggests a central parking facility for local business and residents that can also

accommodate commuter car parking and the Forum will need active help to

develop this idea. To ensure proper parking control in the area the Council will

need to complete the coverage of controlled parking zones in the area.

● As a planning authority to assist us in developing the master plan for the area.

● To ensure that the communication with various partners works efficiently, the

Forum believes that there needs to be a Development Board, where the Council

speaks with one voice.




ANNEX 5: Small Area Statistics

Table 1 - Community Profile - Key Statistics

[Source: Census 2011 , ONS] HSN Area Brighton & Hove

People % People %

Population 12,318 273,369

People Female 6,172 50% 139,418 51%

Male 6,146 50% 133,951 49%

0 – 17 2,199 18% 44,345 16%

Age 18 – 64 8,858 72% 193,332 71%

65 and over 1,261 10% 35,692 13%

Ethnicity White 10,823 88% 243,512 89%

Non-white 1,495 12% 29,857 11%

Residents 16-74 9,601 210,792

Full-Time working 4,377 46% 75,999 36%

Part-Time working 1,180 12% 27,492 13%

Self-employed 1,344 14% 27,241 13%

Economic Retired 676 7% 19,625 9%

Activity Unemployed 386 4% 7,818 4%

Sickness / disability 447 5% 8,813 4%

Looking after home / family 328 3% 7,249 3%

Student 679 7% 32,870 16%

Other 184 2% 3,685 2%

Households 6,108 121,540

Owned 2,926 48% 64,790 53%

Housing Shared ownership 36 1% 1,045 1%

Tenure Social rented 584 10% 18,187 15%

Private rented 2,489 41% 35,959 30%

Living rent free 73 1% 1,559 1%

No cars or vans in household 2,459 40% 46,415 38%

Car & Van 1 car or van in household 2,911 48% 51,727 43%

Ownership 2 cars or vans in household 658 11% 19,078 16%

3 cars or vans in household 68 1% 3,294 3%

4 or more cars or vans in household 12 0% 1,026 1%



Table 2 - Community Profile - Further statistics of interest

[Source: Census 2011 , ONS] HSN Area

People %

Residents 16-74 7,079

Work from home 487 7%

Public transport 2,164 31%

Method of Motorbike 37 1%

Travel to Driving a car 2,312 33%

Work Passenger in a car 192 3%

Bicycle 448 6%

On foot 1,368 19%

Other 71 1%

Less than 2km 1,464 21%

2km to less than 5km 1,764 25%

Distance 5km to less than 10km 334 5%

Travelled to 10km to less than 20km 580 8%

Work 20km to less than 60km 643 9%

60km and over 889 13%

Works from home 784 11%

Other 621 9%

Households 6,108

Household is not deprived in any dimension 2,885 47%

Household Household is deprived in 1 dimension 1,808 30%

Deprivation Household is deprived in 2 dimensions 1,024 17%

Household is deprived in 3 dimensions 338 6%

Household is deprived in 4 dimensions 53 1%

Population 12,318

Health Day-to-day activities limited a lot 883 7%

Problem or Day-to-day activities limited a little 969 8%

Disability Day-to-day activities not limited 10,466 85%

Residents 3 and over 11,724

English / UK language 10,513 90%

French 58 0.49%

Portuguese 39 0.33%

Spanish 100 1%

Language Other European Language 485 4%

Russian 40 0.34%




[Source: Census 2011 , ONS] HSN Area

Turkish 28 0.24%

Arabic 158 1%

Asian Language 243 2%

African Language 43 0.37%

Sign Language 13 0.11%

Other Languages 4 0.03%

Residents 16 and over 10,281

No qualifications 1,308 13%

5+ GCSEs or equivalent 5,041 49%

All 2+ A Levels or equivalent 3,709 36%

Qualifications Degree 3,834 37%

held Professional qualifications 1,939 19%

Apprenticeship 309 3%

NVQs 3,608 35%

Other 5,414 53%

HL and MG 21 September 2018


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