Post by The Lucky C on Feb 28, 2007 17:07:33 GMT -1
Found a petition on the number10 site - the official government petition channel. Anyway, the petition as follows reads:
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Help get a stadium at Falmer Brighton And Hove Albion."
Details of petition:
"Falmer Stadium is the codename of the community football stadium in East Brighton, near the village of Falmer and the council estate of Moulsecoombe, East Sussex, England. It is to be funded by Brighton and Hove Albion F.C. The stadium is currently planned to be a 22,000 all-seater stadium. Whilst planning permission was given by the unitary authority for the area, Brighton and Hove City Council, the Lewes District Council has fought stadium plans extensively. Although the stadium itself will lie completely within Brighton and Hove, the vacant field straddles the boundary with Lewes (despite being owned by Brighton and Hove). Four years after the original plans were put forward by The Seagulls, John Prescott approved the plans on October 28th 2005. Still over a year later, there is nothing like a stadium."
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The officialcockroach government response is:
The decision to grant planning permission for the stadium was issued on 27 October 2005. However, this was challenged by Lewes District Council and others on 8 December 2005. The decision has since been quashed by order of the Court, and is now before the Secretary of State for redetermination. This means that the October 2005 decision has no legal standing and the law requires that we determine the case completely afresh.
As the case is currently before the Secretary of State for decision, we are unable to comment further for propriety reasons. We are currently considering representations from the parties to the case, and will shortly inform parties of the date by which they can expect a decision.
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"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Help get a stadium at Falmer Brighton And Hove Albion."
Details of petition:
"Falmer Stadium is the codename of the community football stadium in East Brighton, near the village of Falmer and the council estate of Moulsecoombe, East Sussex, England. It is to be funded by Brighton and Hove Albion F.C. The stadium is currently planned to be a 22,000 all-seater stadium. Whilst planning permission was given by the unitary authority for the area, Brighton and Hove City Council, the Lewes District Council has fought stadium plans extensively. Although the stadium itself will lie completely within Brighton and Hove, the vacant field straddles the boundary with Lewes (despite being owned by Brighton and Hove). Four years after the original plans were put forward by The Seagulls, John Prescott approved the plans on October 28th 2005. Still over a year later, there is nothing like a stadium."
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The official
The decision to grant planning permission for the stadium was issued on 27 October 2005. However, this was challenged by Lewes District Council and others on 8 December 2005. The decision has since been quashed by order of the Court, and is now before the Secretary of State for redetermination. This means that the October 2005 decision has no legal standing and the law requires that we determine the case completely afresh.
As the case is currently before the Secretary of State for decision, we are unable to comment further for propriety reasons. We are currently considering representations from the parties to the case, and will shortly inform parties of the date by which they can expect a decision.
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