Brighton College has announced plans for the expansion of its campus. The independent school is currently appealing the refusal of its plans to knock through three houses in Walpole Road and create a 27-bed boarding house. Robert Brown, Liberal Democrat spokesman for the Kemp Town ward, said residents are worried about the expansion of the school's campus He said: “People are concerned they’re going to keep buying up houses and turning them into boarding houses which reduces the housing stock in the area.
” The map indicates the two sites which the school is proposing to develop (Image: Brighton College) Now, the school has revealed two new proposals for boarding houses on land they already own. Firstly, the school is proposing to knock down the school’s existing pre-prep school at St Mary’s Hall, just east of the hospital, and build a new four-storey building which would accommodate children from nursery to year six. Secondly, the former convent in Walpole Road, which currently houses the college’s preparatory school, would be converted into a boarding house, with capacity for 150 children aged 13-18 and boarding staff.
On their website, the school has said that the proposals will reduce the need for the school to buy and convert houses into accommodation and that removing younger children from the residential area will reduce drop-off congestion and noise. At a consultation held on Friday October 25, the school informed residents that they hope to decrease traffi.
