Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has issued a notice allowing him more time to decide whether to call-in in controversial plans for the redevelopment of Brighton’s Grade 11 listed Hippodrome into an 8-screen Vue cinema and restaurant complex.
The proposal for the Grade II* Listed Hippodrome involves work to convert the former bingo hall into a cinema, new retail units and work to create a public square.
A petition was launched by David Fisher and the group ‘Our Hippodrome’ to ask the Secretary of State to call in the application, and the group have been campaigning to have the building recognised as an asset of community value (ACV).
View information on the development proposal and a video of the proposals http://www.brightonhippodrome.co.uk
View the petition asking the Secretary of State to call in the application
Our Hippodrome campaign website http://www.ourhippodrome.org.uk
Brighton and Hove Council press release on the application process
