Gove turns down Squire & Partners’ Brighton homes on design grounds

摘要

Michael Gove has turned down plans for a 1,000-home redevelopment of Brighton Marina afterconcluding its “homogenous” design was not good enough for such a landmark site.The housing secretary agreed with the inspector that the Outer Harbour scheme, designed by Squire &Partners for the Brighton Marina Company, should be turned down, arguing it “lacks the exuberance andambition that the best of Brighton’s seaside buildings exhibit”.