New ice rink for Portslade?

City Gateway Developments has proposed plans to build an indoor ice rink as well as a climbing wall and fitness centre at the former Flexer Sacks Factory on Wellington Road, Portslade.

The rink will be about 22 metres square. (22m x 22m). I wonder if the skating fraternity will be getting very excited about this? Maybe its better than nothing.

See Argus report here.
Planning Application BH2011/02135

Rottingdean from the east - then & now

c.1907

2011

Earlier posts on Rottingdean:-

Rottingdean seafront - then & now

Rottingdean

"Health & Safety" strikes in the Rockery

Double rails to protect visitors (who of necessity will have had to be fit and agile to get to this point) from a dizzying 12 inch drop into 6 inches of water. How did we survive for 70 years without them!

The railings are an unsightly intrusion and will become even more so when they start to rust.

Summer cloud

See also: Winter sunshine.

The Level row rumbles on. . . .

Adrian Morris, one-time local Labour candidate for St. Peters & North Laine, has presented a 3000 signature petition to the Council against the proposals to move the skate park to the northern section of the Level. (Brighton Society report). As a result of this, opposition councillors have united to ensure the decision was sent back to environment cabinet member Cllr Pete West for reconsideration. One hopes this is a mere formality. What force can, or should, a one-sided petition have in the face of a long, thorough public consultation exercise which showed that 55% of people were in favour of moving the skate park. The issue is a finely balanced one. The only way this petition might have been given any legitimacy is if, for the purposes of comparison, a counter-petition had been launched for moving the skate park; and the results had been presented at the same time.

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Council approves Option 2 for the Level.