The Round Hill Society
The home site of the Round Hill Society, a community group of the residents of Round Hill in Brighton, England. The site contains information about the area, latest news and reflections on life in Round Hill.
Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Round Hill Society. Check out the new page dedicated to Arts | Music | Theatre | Cinema with links to the websites of local places of entertainment and relevant interest groups.Our Local Tradespeople page also contains a large store of useful information for residents whose concerns are closer to home.
If you are a resident of Brighton & Hove, please make your views known on Carelet's proposal for a new building-line of 6 three-storey houses on a greenfield site (Application BH2010/00083) via The Council's Online Comment Form.
Threat to views into conservation area & to transport infrastructure already under pressure
The green setting of the conservation area would be replaced by sprawl, as the Round Hill residential community would be joined to Hollingdean Depot and The Centenary Industrial Estate. The proposed scheme offers no on-site parking at all, claiming that Round Hill and St Peter's have surplus on-street parking to offer prospective residents.
The bulk of the existing greenfield site is visible from Davey Drive.
Plans neither consider communities, nor do they offer decent homes
A) Impact on longer views into Round Hill from the north & east
B) Building new homes too near to a Waste Transfer Station
C) Failure to consider residents' transport needs in a hilly area
D) Inadequate access would involve damage to a protected tree
E) Prospective residents would be closely overlooked from the south by existing residents. Separations between existing (67, 71 & 73 Princes Rd) and proposed homes fall far short of 20M.
F) Depressing outlook to the north, since the small gardens proposed would look into the main yard of MRF and WTS at Hollingdean Depot. Insufficient space for adequate screening.
Go to our Planning Section for detailed information on why putting a new three-storey building line on the green NE edge of our conservation area would be over-development of the worst kind. A buffer-zone is needed between The Waste Transfer Station and the built-area of Round Hill. This is not a site on which greenfield development should be considered. Comments (link to The Council's online comment form) can be made on this proposal -
Application Number: BH2010/00083;
Site Address: land to rear of 67-81 Princes Road Brighton
Applicant: Carelet Ltd - right up until Friday noon before the date of the relevant Planning Committee Meeting, which will not now take place before Wednesday 7th April 2010
Local events and activities
Regular listings:
1. The Duke of York's Picture House
2. Coachwerks, Hollingdean
3. Brighton & Hove Arts Diary
4. Sussex Concerts
Thursday 18th March 8pm - Folk Music (upstairs) at The Royal Oak Pub, Station Street Lewes (Take the 7.43pm train from London Road Station) * £10.00 * MARTIN CARTHY, NORMA WATERSON & CHRIS PARKINSON - Event is now sold out.
Friday 19th March 7.30pm–9.15pm - Get Ready, Set, Grow organised by Brighton and Hove Organic Gardening Group at Phoenix Community Centre, 2 Phoenix Place, Brighton BN2 9ND Directions to venue. Plot preparation and planning, seed sowing, pricking out and potting on; stuff to take home - seeds and seedlings free, fertilisers to buy at cost.
Saturday 20th March 11am–3pm - Celebrating The Connaught Centre's 125th Anniversary as an educational institution, and its recently acquired grade II listed building status as a result of a campaign by the Brighton Society. A full programme of events.
Saturday 20th March 11am-6pm
Eco Veggie Fayre at The Hove Centre, Norton Road, Hove BN3 4AH. Admission £3 adults and £1 Kids/OAP's. Eco Soapbox Election Special - 2pm in the Main Hall: politicians eco-pledges.
Tuesday 23rd March 1.30pm - Lunchtime Concerts between 1.10 to 1.55 at the Chapel Royal, North St, Brighton. McQueen (guit) Bach Weiss Torroba Tarrega. Admission: £2.50 on the door. Children free. Yearly season tickets £75.
Saturday 27th March 10am to 4.30pm - One Planet Learning Taster Day - come and try free taster sessions to celebrate the launch of One Planet Learning programme.
Saturday 27th March 7.30pm St Bartholomew's Brighton, Ann Street, just off the London Road (A23) opposite Boots. Sussex Symphony Orchestra - Guest conductor: Paul Elliott Cobbs: Berlioz - Overture "Le Carnaval Romain"; Fauré - Pavanne; Elgar - Cello concerto; Dvořák - New World Symphony. Tickets: £13, Conc £10, Students £5. Dome Box Office 01273 709709 or orchestra office 01273 415384 or web site www.ssomusic.co.uk
Saturday, 3rd April 10am to 1pm - Friends of Hollingbury and Burstead Woods - Work to be announced. Walkers: click here for easy access trail. Click here to learn about Hollingbury Hillfort.
Thurs & Frid 15-16 April 2010 Brighton & Hove's Sustainability Conference Cockcroft Building, University of Brighton. full conference programme.
Events during March at Coachwerks Community Cafe, 19 Hollingdean Terrace, BN1 7HB
Adult Education
Celebrating The Connaught Centre's 125th Anniversary
One Planet Learning Taster Day
Music, Art & Cultural Events
East Sussex County Council listings
Thursday Lunchtime Recitals at All Saints Church Hove will run from Thursday 6th May to Thursday 30th September 2010.
Learn a musical instrument - since the time of the Prince Regent, Brighton has gained a reputation for music teaching and performance. The abundance of teachers in our city means that it is easy to find help in learning an instrument.
Local Artists' Open Houses - a list of the individual websites of local artists who participate in events such as Brighton's Fringe Festival.
Local walks
See our page of unguided, guided, longer and shorter walks and related outdoor pursuits.
Events Page - Walks: from The Argus: a quick summary of forthcoming guided walks.
Round Hill Walks: two downland circuits (bus and on foot) starting and finishing in Round Hill.
Local food production & gardening
Brighton and Hove Food Partnership -Training courses for growers, tips (PDF downloads) for gardeners, volunteering roles in community projects RE local food production, eating healthily & sustainable growing.
Harvest Brighton and Hove - listings:
1) Farmers' Markets
2) Food Events
3) Training
4) Volunteer Days
Brighton Permaculture Trust - Brighton Permaculture Trust have published their schedule of events and courses for the year and are taking bookings. Details at www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk.
Been waiting years on allotment waiting lists? Ever seen an unused garden or plot of land and wished you could grow your own food there? Or do you have a garden or area of land on which you'd love to see food grown? If you live in Brighton & Hove, Grow Your Neighbour's Own wants to help remedy the situation.
See also:
1) The Friends Centre's ONE PLANET LEARNING environmental awareness and sustainable living courses (pdf brochure)
2) Seedy Sunday : the UK's biggest community seed swop. Click here for the Event's history
3) Brighton and Hove Organic Gardening Group's Events.
Wildlife Review
City Wildlife Review of 2009 by Matthew Thomas, Brighton and Hove City Council's ecologist, with a preview of events for 2010.
Planning
Stanmer conservation area consultation - closes Friday 4th Feb. Learn more about the village by reading the 30-page PDF Stanmer Conservation Area Appraisal.
Waste and Minerals Development Framework East Sussex and Brighton & Hove 's Public Consultation on Preferred Strategy ended on Monday 25 January 2010 (comments to be received by 5pm). See the consultation response of Brighton's Friends of The Earth.
Ashdown Road decision - The Planning Committee granted the application to build two extra houses and convert the single existing dwelling into 3 units of accommodation on Wednesday 16th December by 8 votes to 2 with two abstentions.full deliberations will be recorded in The Minutes of the Planning Committee Meeting. Click here and scroll to page 9 for relevant part of those Minutes.
Street Lamps Saga - a "not so short" history of enlightenment.
Results of London Rd consultation
View the Transcripts of Public Responses to the Draft London Road Central Masterplan and the Public Consultation Report: summary of responses. Review the Masterplan
SHOPS IN LONDON ROAD BRIGHTON full 2009 listing of (west side: 1 to 74) & (east side: 75 to 144) with links to their history (annotated photos from The James Gray Collection).
Link to external website showing street plans of the shops and buildings in London Road in 2001, 1969, 1951 and 1920.
What in the London Road area is worth protecting? See www.prestoncircus.co.uk for a look round.
Freedom of Information requests
Go to www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/composition_terms_of_reference_a to see an example of a Freedom of Information request.
Go to www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/brighton_hove_council to see requests directed to Brighton and Hove City Council and to read your Local Authority's responses to them.
You can use www.whatdotheyknow.com to make your own requests to public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act. By law, they have to respond.
You can also read responses to other people's requests, which may answer a particular question or satisfy a need for greater insight into the workings of a public authority.
Other news
Round Hill carol singing raises over £200 for charity.
Thank you to everyone who joined the carol singing circuit on Tuesday 15 December 6.30pm and the many generous residents of Round Hill who helped us raise proceeds for the Multiple Sclerosis society.
Severe Weather Update
Grit bins and gritting priorities - Is your street being gritted? Where is your nearest grit bin? What are the Council's priorities? Locations of grit-bins in Brighton and Hove. Read the Council's Severe Weather Update Page in full.
Quick links
Links to some other recent stories, events or useful pages.
This page was last updated by Ted on 16-Mar-2010