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Homes should be built on Brighton golf course, election candidate tells hustings

by Frank le Duc
Friday 12 Apr, 2019 at 9:04PM
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Homes should be built on Brighton golf course, election candidate tells hustings

At a local election hustings, Green councillor David Gibson, Labour councillor Daniel Yates, Conservative councillor Steve Bell and Liberal Democrat candidate Laura Mullin

Up to 1,500 homes should be built on part of a Brighton golf course, according to a Liberal Democrat candidate in the local elections.

Laura Mullin, who is standing in Goldsmid ward in Hove, said: “We propose a housing development using some but not all of the Hollingbury Golf Course land.

“It is council-owned land. It could support up to 1,500 new homes. That would include an element of affordable social housing.”

She was speaking at the election hustings organised by the Brighton and Hove Housing Coalition at St George’s Church in Kemp Town last night (Thursday 11 April).

Some expected the evening to start with a minute’s silence for housing coalition founder Steve Parry who died earlier this week.

But it didn’t. His colleague Barry Hughes said that Mr Parry did not believe in silence. Instead he believed in making a noise, Mr Hughes said, adding, “so let’s make a noise.”

Affordable homes and homelessness were two of the issues raised at the hustings, just weeks before the Brighton and Hove City Council elections.

Four candidates took part – Lib Dem Laura Mullin, Labour council leader Daniel Yates, Conservative deputy leader Steve Bell and Green housing spokesman David Gibson.

Councillor Gibson said that he was a housing campaigner who slipped into politics.

He called the loss of six million council houses under the “right to buy” scheme a key contributor to the crisis of visible and invisible homelessness .

The right to buy scheme had to end, he said, adding: “It has pushed us into a situation where there is a lack of affordable housing and where private rented housing is incredibly unaffordable.

“What we as Greens are pledging to do is achieve 600 council homes.”

He said that his party supported the homeless bill of rights and he added: “We would like to see the council buying land for housing, including the Brighton Hospital General site, and running an ethical lettings agency.”

Green councillor David Gibson, Labour councillor Daniel Yates, Conservative councillor Steve Bell and Liberal Democrat candidate Laura Mullin
Former builder and Tory councillor Steve Bell spoke about his delight when he could give someone the key to their own home.

He said: “This is what we believe as Conservatives – that each and every person, no matter where they are and whatever walk of life, they deserve a key to their own front door.

“They deserve the security and peace of mind of having a home of their own which they can live in.”

He said that his party did not believe in setting husebuilding targets

And he said that people who grew up in the city would be given priority.

Labour councillor Daniel Yates said that the city was a popular place to live but lacked space because it was between the South Downs and the sea.

This was driving prices up, not least with the way that property developers operated, and this was increasing costs for the council too.

He said: “We have started to take action. As a Labour opposition in 2012 we asked the Greens to start buying back council homes lost under ‘right to buy’. They did nothing.

“So it was a Labour minority council that brought that policy in and started buying back houses bought under ‘right to buy’. That is an important way to replace council housing stock.”

He said that the Labour administration had built 200 new council homes in the past three to four years and was committed to building 800 “truly affordable” council homes.

Liberal Democrat Laura Mullin said that the elections were an opportunity for new ideas and new faces.

She said: “We need to be more imaginative with who we can work with in terms of helping us deliver our targets rather than working with the same contractors who show time and again they can get out of delivering affordability targets.”

Campaigner John Hadman asked the candidates if they would support his proposal for year-round night shelter for the homeless as thousands had supported his 38 Degrees petitions on the subject.

Councillor Yates said that the money was in the budget for a homeless night shelter 365 days a year but what was needed was a suitable place where people go as “no one should spend one night on the streets”.

Miss Mullin said that a permanent night shelter was essential as “crises don’t happen to schedule” and it was in the Lib Dem manifesto.

Councillor Bell said that he supported it – not as a solution but as a stop-gap to help people on to the next stage.

Councillor Gibson said that he did not think that £250,000 was enough and called for the council to be more proactive in finding a building, especially as 24 night shelter beds had closed.

* More hustings are taking place in the two weeks before the elections are held on Thursday 2 May.

On Wednesday 17 April, Sussex University is hosting an open hustings from 4pm to 6pm. To book a ticket, go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/local-election-question-time-brighton-hove-tickets-59054797489

Pesticide Action Network hosts environment hustings at the Brighthelm Centre, in North Road, on Thursday 18 April from 7pm to 9pm. To book a ticket, go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brighton-hove-environment-hustings-2019-tickets-56909447690.

Brighton and Hove Friends of the Earth with Community Works, Bricycles and Brighton and Hove Clarion Cycling Club are hosting a transport hustings at the Brighthelm Centre from 7pm to 9pm on Thursday 25 April.

Also at the Brighthelm Centre on Thursday 25 April, but in the Hanover Room, Brighton and Hove Faith in Action hosts its hustings from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. To book at ticket, go to www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-hustings-2019-tickets-59946388261.

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Comments 7

  1. Rolivan says:
    6 years ago

    Surely the proposal to build on Hollingbury Golf Course should be Social and Affordable if not then it should remain a Golf Course.

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  2. Martin Fish says:
    6 years ago

    Why not take all the second homes off the Londoners and the landlords who stick them in the hands of the blood-sucking letting agents to stuff them full of students while shouting balls to the locals (if there are any left)? Swathes of housing would be made available without building on our green spaces. Just a thought. Councillors? I thought not

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    • Tony says:
      6 years ago

      Or at least lobby for the right to levy a tax on those properties which could offset the loss of council tax!

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  3. Valerie says:
    6 years ago

    What sad news to read that ‘Steve the red’, as he dubbed himself, has died. He was a fierce and useful housing activist.

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    • Caroline Mayers says:
      6 years ago

      ‘Whatever the failings on his part;
      He believed in social justice with all of his heart…’

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  4. Anon says:
    6 years ago

    So sad to hear about Steve Pary, his tireless work on housing issues helped so many people in this city.

    Instead of building social housing on golf courses and other green spots around the city, the council should demand all new developments in the city to be 50% affordable homes. There is a huge project next to Hove station and surprise surprise – less than 10% of the new homes will be affordable. How did that happen? The huge high rise block will have about 100 flats and only 10% will be affordable? Why was this approved and by whom?

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  5. Argusnot says:
    6 years ago

    This opens up all sorts of possibilities; golf course today, velodrome tomorrow. And not forgetting parks – vast areas of council land ripe for building.

    Reply

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