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Planning meeting abandoned after water pours through council chamber ceiling

by Jo Wadsworth
Thursday 9 Jun, 2022 at 10:16AM
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Planning meeting abandoned after water pours through council chamber ceiling

Rain poured through the council chamber ceiling and the Planning Committee meeting was abandoned

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A council meeting was abandoned after rain came pouring through the ceiling at Hove Town Hall.

Councillors were in the middle of debating a planning application when the deluge broke through the wooden ceiling of the council chamber.

Planning Committee chair councillor Leo Littman announced the meeting was abandoned as councillors rushed to unplug electronics as water poured onto electrical sockets embedded in the chamber floor.

Water started cascading through the ceiling just before 6.10pm on Wednesday 8 June, four hours into the Planning Committee session.

The rain left puddles on the floor as council officers attempted to catch as much as they could in recycling bins.

Water came through the ceiling for three minutes before it eased to a drip.

Council officers confirmed the issue had occurred during extremely heavy rain in the past.

The incident occurred as councillors debated office space company Platform 9’s proposals to install decking at the front of the town hall.

The Platform 9 decision and the remaining two items of the committee’s business will be added to the July planning agenda.

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  1. Valerie says:
    3 years ago

    The Gods have spoken! Cheesy decking must neither clutter nor clatter outside Hove Town Hall! Picnic tables are not disabled accessible either! Tables that a power chair can access to allow socialising with others SHOULD be a given.

    In footage from Ukraine early on a
    M arragement of stone or concrete little tables with stools gave space for chess, or shoppers stopping to chat along with planters, bigger stony tables with seating and socialising standing up in the sun. An ideal pocket park to stop at, picnic, chat, play a board game.

    What is planned fro HTH is just asking for teens and gangs and litter. And the food van is a depressing addition. Whose? After greasing whose palm?

    Look at the mess and vehicle intimidation from food van access behind Peacock in Goldstone Villas. The bench is now gone & the food vans left a locked one beside dank bits.

    Create a pocket park not a fairground food stop point

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