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Revealed: Planners' unrest over King Alfred

Revealed: Planners' unrest over King Alfred

2:15pm Friday 20th November 2009

The unrest among expert planners before the £290 million King Alfred development on Hove seafront was approved has finally been revealed.

The Argus's two-year battle for the truth about King Alfred

2:18pm Friday 20th November 2009

The Argus fought a two-year battle to force the council to release documents it had tried to suppress about the King Alfred application.

King Alfred flumes on the way out

9:25am Thursday 18th December 2008

Demolition work at Hove’s King Alfred leisure centre will start this week to remove the outdoor flumes.

King Alfred centre to lose its slides

1:06pm Sunday 23rd November 2008

The man in charge of the future of the King Alfred site has said the leisure centre's flumes will be removed as part of a £1.5 million emergency repair package.

Question Councillor Ted Kemble about the King Alfred

City council cabinet member Ted Kemble will answer readers' questions tomorrow

11:05am Friday 21st November 2008

The man in charge of the future of the King Alfred will be answering your questions today.

£1.5 to upgrade King Alfred leisure centre

Urgent repairs are needed at the King Alfred Leisure Centre

10:26am Friday 21st November 2008

Councillors last night discussed the future of the King Alfred Leisure Centre after plans for a £290 million housing and leisure complex fell through earlier this month.

New school plan for King Alfred site

New school plan for King Alfred

8:44am Thursday 13th November 2008

The King Alfred leisure centre is being looked at as a site for a new school.

Crucial £1.5m repairs for King Alfred

11:10am Wednesday 12th November 2008

Urgent repairs are to be carried out on the King Alfred leisure centre at a cost of up to £1.5 million.

What now for King Alfred?

The King Alfred leisure centre has fallen into a state of disrepair

10:25am Monday 10th November 2008

A new row has broken out over the future of the run-down King Alfred leisure centre.

King Alfred plans are dead

7:08pm Friday 7th November 2008

The £290 million King Alfred development is dead.

King Alfred hopes fade

The King Alfred scheme is under threat

1:40pm Friday 17th October 2008

The controversial King Alfred development will not be built for years even if a backer supports the plan, the project’s developer has conceded.

King Alfred back on track

Two potential investors have been found for the King Alfred project

2:30pm Friday 10th October 2008

Two potential investors have expressed an interest in backing the multimillion-pound King Alfred scheme, according to the developer.

King Alfred dream threatened

Proposed King Alfred development

1:14pm Wednesday 30th July 2008

The King Alfred development was last night hanging by a thread after its financial backer walked away.

King Alfred in doubt after bank drops out

King Alfred in doubt after bank drops out

3:10pm Tuesday 29th July 2008

The controversial King Alfred development is hanging by a thread today after the withdrawal of its financial backers.

Credit crunch puts King Alfred in doubt

Proposed King Alfred development

2:55pm Wednesday 2nd July 2008

The future of the controversial King Alfred redevelopment was thrown into doubt last night.

King Alfred work set to begin in a year

9:49am Wednesday 20th February 2008

Building work on the controversial King Alfred project is predicted to start next February.

Planners felt pressured into backing King Alfred development

9:59pm Tuesday 15th January 2008

Planning officials penned an angry letter to their boss complaining they were made to feel pressured into backing the £270 million seafront King Alfred development decision, it has emerged.

New bid to stop King Alfred development

5:56pm Wednesday 10th October 2007

The controversial King Alfred redevelopment faces another challenge after one of the city's most respected conservation groups launched a legal bid to block it.

Actors 'paid to back King Alfred'

5:27am Monday 6th August 2007

Actors were given £100 each to form a "rent-a-mob" at council meetings where they backed the controversial King Alfred development, it has been claimed.

King Alfred gets green light

4:50pm Wednesday 11th July 2007

The controversial King Alfred development has negotiated its final planning chicane despite a last-minute attempt to derail the process.



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