A PUBLIC meeting has been called to discuss a revised planning application after one resident described it as “a middle finger to the community”.

The meeting is expected to discuss proposals by developer SC Pelham Terrace to reduce the space for community use on a site under development.

The original plans for the site, which included the old Lectern pub, in Pelham Terrace, Lewes Road, Brighton, pictured right, included a café and meeting space as well as 189 student flats.

The scheme, known as the Student Castle, looked like having the community space on the site set aside

for a centre for inclusive music.

The amount of space given over to community use was reduced significantly in one planning application.

Now another revised planning application appears to include no community space at all.

Coombe Road Area Local Action Team member Paul Rix has followed the scheme’s progress and has alerted neighbours to the changes.

He said: “Their new strategy appears to be a middle

finger to the local community.”

The public meeting is due to start at 7pm on Monday, September 9, at Mithras House in Lewes Road.

The developer has been contacted by phone and email but did not

respond to requests for a comment.