Football club seeks changes to plan for clubhouse and pitch – Brighton and Hove News

A football club’s application to change clubhouse opening hours and reclassify its environmental rating is due to before councillors next week. Saltdean United has applied to have the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) rating for its new clubhouse and 3G artificial pitch amended to “good” rather than “excellent”. It also want the clubhouse opening hours extended by half an hour from Monday to Thursday, in line with its Friday and Saturday opening hours. Currently, the hours are restricted to 10.30pm during the week, with a later 11pm closing time on Fridays and Saturdays. The application is due to go before Brighton and Hove City Council’s Planning Committee next Wednesday (3 December). The application, submitted by the club’s agent, ECE Planning Limited, said: “The hours currently permitted under this condition are considered unduly restrictive and inconsistent with both the long-standing operation of Saltdean United Football Club and the requirements of a functioning community sports facility. “The existing clubhouse has been in operation since the 1970s and is subject only to the limitations of its club premises certificate, under which there are no operational curfews beyond the licensed hours for the sale of alcohol.” The application also said that the
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