Supporters currently outnumber opponents to a project that includes hundreds of student rooms in Moulsecoomb Way, Brighton.
There are currently 52 comments supporting plans to build a complex of five to seven-storey buildings at One Moulsecoomb Way, replacing the KSD Environmental Services site and St Francis of Assisi Church.
Developer McLaren proposes 378 student bedrooms as well as offices and community space on the site on the corner of Lewes Road.
The company built the Vogue Studios and Stoneworks further south along Lewes Road.
Heavy traffic, road safety and smells coming from the waste transfer site are among the themes in comments supporting the scheme on Brighton and Hove City Council’s website.
Comments are published anonymously on the planning site and written or emailed responses are redacted.
One anonymous commenter said: “I’m fed up with the queuing traffic and congestion caused by the entrance to this waste facility being so close to the main Lewes Road.
“Year on year the problem gets worse. Get rid of this hideous operation and move it somewhere more suitable.
“The estate needs new vibrant architecture. The proposed student accommodation gets my vote whole heartedly.”
Another said: “The current operation at this site is noisy, smelly, unsightly and potentially hazardous for our children who have to cross the road to access their school.
“I can see nothing but a benefit for the local community by the replacement for this eyesore with a modern facility to house students.
“Brighton has many commendable educational faculties and is a core fiscal contribution to the city’s economy.”
In January, Moulsecoomb and Bevendean ward councillor Daniel Yates presented a 1,250-signature petition calling for a new site for KSD Environmental due to concerns about safety and traffic.
In his former capacity as chair of the council’s Policy, Resources and Growth Committee, Councillor Yates responded to the petition in March saying that the council could not force a company to move.
The Planning Dept refusal to allow planning responses to be identified EVEN as local or non local isxdistorting and discrediting the process and allowing fake supporters to look genuine.
The EU directive on data protection is being interpreted in profoundly undemocratic ways. Who does that serve? Developers!