Falmer – why are they still moaning?
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The recent and long awaited decision on the Falmer Stadium was, not surprisingly, greeted with boos from Falmer Parish Council and one or two other bodies. Among the criticisms was the familiar moan that this was the ‘thin of the wedge’ and we could look forward to more applications for developments in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The reality surely is that few if any potential developers would bother to submit proposals to build in a ¬real ANOB, given that it’s taken four or more years to get a decision about a decidedly scruffy muddy field, which happens to be on the very edge of a designated ANOB, and surrounded on three sides by other major developments.
Another gripe was that this was a politically motivated decision, made with an eye on the politically marginal Brighton constituencies – an alternative explanation could be that it just happens to be the right decision.
We wonder if Lewes District would have spent so much of our council tax in their ultimately fruitless campaign had Brighton had a Lib Dem Council? But far be it from us to suggest that Lewes District Council was motivated by such base motives….
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