Regency Weekend explores Regency society
New Food and fashion, cultural life and life downstairs, interiors and townscape – we’re running a whole weekend about society during the Regency period, especially as it affected Brighton. It takes place from 12-14 October and features star speakers, walks and talks. Read more...
Our buildings at risk 2011
New There are 15 listed buildings on Brighton & Hove Council’s newly released at risk register for 2011 and manay more that are vulnerable. Read more... You can also find out how the owners of the Brighton Ballrooms – originally the Sassoon Mausoleum – are working to make an iconic building pay its way in the 21st century. Read more...
Royal Sussex County Hospital redevelopment
New The £420 million Royal Sussex County Hospital redevelopment has been unanimously approved by Brighton & Hove City Council's planning committee. We welcomed the medical benefits that it will bring but criticised the scale, form and mass of the proposed buildings. Find links to a recording of the committee meeting, a proposed schedule and contact details for the project. Read more...
Lively ideas needed for green space
New You or someone you know could be given a €50,000 (roughly £45,500) commission to design and implement a pilot project to make the area around Ann Street and Providence Place Gardens – the small park opposite St Bartholomew’s Church – into a lively, safe and successful public space. Read more...
Blue plaque for Charles Dickens
New 7 February is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. While many celebrations are being held in his adoptive London (he was born in Portsmouth), his is also a tale of another city – Brighton and Hove, where a plaque is being unveiled on 8 February. And you're invited. Read more...
Policy options for the city
Strategic issues facing Brighton and Hove were at the heart of the Regency’s Society’s comments to the city council in response to a consultation on four key areas of policy where significant changes are proposed. Read more...
Queen Square hotel proposals withdrawn
New The disused ice rink at the top of Queen Square is an eyesore that needs replacing but the difficulty of creating an economically viable scheme in this historic context meant that a proposed hotel was intrusive to its neighbours and the application has now been withdrawn. Read more...
Localism and planning
The Localism Act became law on 15 November. It aims to reduce the procedural detail and centralisation of the operation of the planning system. So what will it mean in practice? Read more...
Brighton Belle – or are we bland?
New We neglect some of our most improtant buildings and much of what is new is downright bland, argues Society trustee David Robson, who believes that every society gets the buildings it deserves. Read more...
National Trust chair is our new president
Sir Simon Jenkins, the noted conservationist, campaigner and writer, has become our new president. He describes Brighton and Hove as "The greatest monumental townscape in Britain." Read more...
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