An application to build a new 1315sqm supermarket with car parking on King George VI Avenue, Hove, will be decided by councillors at Planning Committee on 4 September 2024.
The application relates to land at Court Farm, south-east of the roundabout connecting the A27, Devil’s Dyke Road, Mill Road, Dyke Road Avenue and King George VI Avenue.
The property is a former farm and farmland that forms part of a dry valley cut off from wider farmland when the A27 bypass was constructed in the early 1990s.
Court Farm House, associated garages and storage buildings have been demolished and the site has mostly been cleared.
The farm is close to the Woodland Drive Conservation Area, including Three Cornered Copse, but is not itself within a conservation area and isn’t subject to any heritage, ecological or other restrictions.
The proposal is for a 1880sqm development for Aldi including a 1315sqm retail supermarket and a 107-space car park with disabled, parent and child, and motorcycle spaces, together with bicycle parking and EV chargers.
Road access to the site would be reconfigured and upgraded. Proposals include a right-turn island on King George VI Avenue, enhanced footpaths and cycleways on the eastern side of the road, as well as downgrading the speed limit from 40mph to 30mph.
The building would be a contemporary design using a mixture of timber and metal cladding, with a green living roof. Trees and vegetation along the site boundaries would be retained.
This proposal follows a previous application on the site for an Aldi food store (ref: BH2021/03511), which was withdrawn by the applicant in January 2022.
The proposal has been amended and now includes additional transport-related information following consultation with National Highways and the council’s Transport officers.
Public consultation on the current plans took place in May and June 2024. Twenty-nine letters of representation have been received objecting to the proposed development and 22 letters have been received in support.
You can view the application and accompanying papers through our online Planning Register by searching for application reference number BH2022/03483.
Councillors will vote on the application at the September Planning Committee.
Having studied the application documents and comments received, the committee members will hear a report from council planning officers, a submission by the developers and ask questions before voting to grant or refuse.
The report recommends that councillors are minded to grant planning permission, subject to conditions.
You can watch the Planning Committee webcast live on our website from 2pm on 4 September 2024.