The developer behind a controversial office and homes project has resubmitted its plans after concerns over its effect on a nearby park.

At its last planning committee meeting, Brighton and Hove City Council withdrew the application by Urban Splash for the redevelopment of Anston House in Preston Road, Brighton. The developer was told to resubmit information on the length of the shadow that the building would cast across Preston Park. Last week the firm sent out a leaflet to hundreds of homes which contained no information of the shadowing effect of the planned building.

Now it has lodged a fresh application with the council which sets out new information. A report by Liam Dunford, a director at commercial property agent Savills, said that the shadowing would not be significant.

It said: “Even during December which presents the most onerous situation when the longest shadows are cast, the depth and width of them would not extend over more than 10-20% of the immediate vicinity of Preston Park and only commence around lunchtime.

“As the year progresses and even by March, let alone the summer months when such amenity space is most widely used, the transient overshadowing drawings identify no material impact. “In conclusion, the permanent overshadowing study, as recommended by the BRE Guidelines and supported by the Architect’s Transient Overshadowing diagrams, demonstrate full compliance with current BRE guidance with no material overshadowing of Preston Park.”

Mark Latham, the development manager at Urban Splash, said: “We have submitted a fresh application which we hope will be considered by the council’s planning committee as soon as possible. The overshadowing is not significant – it is really very minimal. We have put an enormous amount of effort into the plans and we are confident about our proposals.”

Campaigner Allan Grainger, who lives in Dyke Road Drive, adjacent to Anston House, said objectors to the proposals have not yet seen the new plans.

He said: “We need to take a good look at these new documents. Like all computerised images, what you get out depends on what you put in. We want to take our time and give a considered response to this new application.

“In practice, BRE Guidelines should be used flexibly and not as an instrument of planning policy, as they are not mandatory, but are intended to help the designer and local authority to balance their judgment against other material considerations.”