Poets Pages April 2020 by Sussex Magazines

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This magazine has to be put together two weeks ahead of distribution. With so much uncertainty at the moment due to the coronavirus, there is a high possibility that some of the events and classes mentioned in our April issue may not go ahead, so please do check before attending. We still have all our usual articles for you this month as well as an update on the new development planned for the Sackville Trading Estate and news of a vacancy for community governors at Hove Junior School.

Page 5 Friends of Stoneham Park Page 7 Hove Junior School Page 9 Old Photo Page 11 Local History Page 15 Councillor News

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope for some bright weather so that if everything else is cancelled we can at least get out for a walk!

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Page 19 Sackville Trading Estate

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Page 21 Where in Poets Corner?

Cover photo: Stoneham Park book exchange with Brennan, Marion & Tom; photo by Richard Hearnden

Page 22 Index of Advertisers

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News from the Friends of Stoneham Park... I’m sitting in my kitchen writing this article on a Saturday morning in mid-March. The news is full of public events being curtailed by the outbreak of coronavirus. The Brighton Marathon has been moved to September and professional football matches have been halted for three weeks. By the time you are reading this, it is very likely we will be in the midst of more closures and cancellations. I do hope all the events the Friends of Stoneham Park have planned can go ahead as scheduled, because small events like those we put on are the lifeblood of a local community. Some of these were discussed at a very successful open meeting, the first of the year, that was held on 4 March in the Old Port, on Portland Road. There was a good turnout, with a few new faces as well as the familiar ones. There was a lot to talk about. On Easter Sunday, circumstances permitting, we will be having an Easter egg hunt between 11.00 and 13.00 by the café. It is only £2 to enter and will be a lot of fun for children. If we cannot hold the event on Easter Sunday (12 April), we will try to re-run it on another Sunday. Easter is a ‘moveable feast’, after all! We expect our Midsummer Fair to go ahead on Saturday

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20 June. We already have delicious food stalls and an ice-cream tricycle confirmed, together with our beer and Pimm’s tents. A programme of live music and entertainment is coming along nicely. We are still looking for helpers on the day - please get in touch. Two changes in the park will have been noticed by many of you. First, some new timbers have been erected at the gate by the Snug café. This project, part financed by us, will be a new planted area of shrubs and flowering plants and is going to look wonderful in the summer and in the years beyond. The second thing is that a rather fabulous family have started a book exchange. It’s called the ‘Stoneham Book Transformer’ (pictured) and you can find it on one of the old gate posts by the flagpole. Such acts of kindness and initiative really do help make Poets’ Corner magnificent! To get in touch with us, please email info@ friendsofstonehampark.uk or check out our brand new website www.friendsofstonehampark.uk. Richard Hearnden

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Hove Junior School needs governors... Hove Junior School is currently looking for two new co-opted governors to join our governing body and would love to attract individuals from our local community who have the skills and experience to contribute to the success of our school. As an inner city school we are keen to make the governing body more reflective of the diversity of our pupils. You do not need to be a parent to become a coopted governor. This is a challenging but hugely rewarding role where you can make a real difference to young people, give something back to your local community and use and develop your skills in a board-level environment. We would especially like to hear from you if you have: •

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As a large and growing school, we’re keen to appoint individuals with experience in HR, risk management, data analysis, safeguarding, SEND and Health and Safety to add to the existing range of skills on the board. The full governing board meets twice a term, with separate committees made up of smaller groups of governors which meet 3-6 times a year. Most of our current governors work full time and manage to fit in their role around their other commitments, but we

welcome retirees, part time workers or anyone with the skills and passion for the job. You don’t need to have prior experience of being a governor, there is plenty of excellent training and mentoring available to you. Plus, the support of a talented and supportive team to work with who are passionate about helping Hove Junior School deliver the best education possible for every pupil. If you would like to know more about this vacancy, please visit our website or contact Belle Howard, Senior Clerk to Governors: bellehoward@hovejun.brightonhove.sch.uk http://www.hovejuniorschool.co.uk/ governorvacancies

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Councillor news… Promoting an uplifting message is the priority for our piece this month – so Cllr Garry Peltzer Dunn and I are keen to draw attention to three positive stories that should mean a lot to the community. First, our campaign for trees in Wish Ward is yielding some excellent results already. Replacement trees are now in the pavement outside Wish Park Surgery on Portland Road following destruction by motorists of the originals. A survey of the pavements on and around School Road is soon to take place. £25,000 has now been set aside for the wildlife corner in Stoneham Park. It’s slower than we would like but it’s now a question of when rather than if. We are keen to work with as many residents as possible on this and are now in the process of building a core team of tree enthusiasts with a view to soon undertaking a survey of the whole ward to find out just how many trees our area could realistically support. Please get in touch if you would like to join the core group. Two projects that are getting financial backing from Garry and me, through our allocated ward budgets, are trees for Glebe Villas and a hedge for the schools on Portland Road. Trees on Glebe make absolute sense – it’s the only road in the area without them. And a hedge to protect kids in the school playgrounds from pollution is an absolute priority. We will be putting £4,000 into these projects and, working closely with residents, have raised significant further sums. Outside the schools, road safety at school drop-off and collection times remains a concern so we have drawn up a series of demands for the Council; some of which are already happening such as scheduled traffic warden patrols. I’ve been attending on numerous mornings myself as well.

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Plans for Sackville Trading Estate approved Brighton & Hove City Council’s Planning Committee approved new redevelopment plans for the Sackville Trading Estate and Hove Goods Yard on 4th March. Moda Living’s previous plans were rejected by the committee in July 2019. Their revised proposals for the site, to the east of Sackville Road, include 564 residential units and 260 care community units, retail floorspace, office accommodation and community/leisure floorspace. The buildings will range from 2 to 15 storeys and vehicular access will be via the existing entrance from Sackville Road with new pedestrian access off Sackville Road to the south of the site adjacent to the railway bridge. 87 objections to the scheme were received by the council. A council planning officer recommended that the scheme be granted planning permission. His report to the committee said: “Overall, the proposal is considered to be a marked improvement when compared with the previously refused scheme with

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a much improved housing mix, an increase in overall employment floorspace and potential jobs, excellent levels of daylight within the care community, some marginal improvements to the private amenity offer and improvements to the appearance and design.” The application was also supported by Hove MP Peter Kyle and by the Hove Station Neighbourhood Forum (HSNF). Hove Park ward councillor Samer Bagaeen and Goldsmid councillors Jackie O’Quinn and John Allcock all spoke against the plans at the planning committee meeting. Westbourne councillor Chris Henry spoke in favour of the scheme. He said: “I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re not going to get better than what this plan offers from a private site.”

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Some members of the committee said that they would have to support the scheme, as they felt it had addressed most of the reasons for refusal of the previous scheme, while acknowledging at the same time that they didn’t like the design and were unhappy with the amount of affordable housing. Cllr Daniel Yates said: “It looks like a massive university campus,” and Cllr Leo Littman commented: “Looking at it from Hove Park, it’s like we’re looking at Manhattan.” Cllr Phélim Mac Cafferty said that councillors had been given a stark warning about the quantity of homes needed to be built. “This is not the type of housing we should be building, but I don’t think we’ve got any choice.” However, Cllr Joe Miller thought it would be a positive addition to Hove. Councillors on the committee voted six to four in favour of permitting the development.

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