Patcham Place leased to waste management company

Patcham Place has been empty since 2007

Patcham Place has been sold on a 125-year lease to Kingspan, the Brighton-based waste management and recycling company. Kingspan was chosen as the successful bidder by Brighton and Hove City Council, who decided to dispose of the imposing Grade 2* listed building off London Road after it had lay empty since 2007. Patcham Place had been occupied by the More...

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By Joseph Lewis On Thursday, November 17th, 2011
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Missing man from Patcham found after search

A Patcham man reported missing this morning has been found safe and well in Hove. Colin Dodd, 79, was reported missing by his wife at 7am this mornin, ninety minutes after he’d left their home in Baranscraig More...

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By Joseph Lewis On Monday, October 3rd, 2011
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Appeal for witnesses after car crashes into Patcham restaurant

Police are investigating how a car colliding with three parked vehicles, leading to a car crashing into an Indian restaurant in Patcham. At 8.40am on Sunday 2nd October a silver Seat Alhambra, being driven by a More...

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By Joseph Lewis On Thursday, September 8th, 2011
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Hollingbury community group saved from closure

A community group from Hollingbury has been saved by an emergency grant from Brighton and Hove City Council. Together Group, which is based at Carden Park (Old Boat Corner) Community Centre, has received a £3,000 More...

By Joseph Lewis On Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
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Fly-tipping fire in Carden Avenue put lives at risk

Lives were put at risk after dumped gas cylinders were deliberately set alight at the foot of Carden Avenue in Brighton on Sunday. Firefighters were called to the fire shortly after 11pm on Sunday 21st August and More...

By Joseph Lewis On Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
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Stranger warning for school children after Patcham incident

School children are to be warned of the dangers of talking to strangers after a suspicious incident outside Patcham Junior School in Ladies Mile Road earlier this week. At around 9am on Monday 4th July a man pulled More...

By Joseph Lewis On Friday, July 1st, 2011
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Travellers damage Patcham cricket pitch

A group of travellers have been moved on from an unauthorised encampment at Horsdean Recreation Ground in Patcham where they had damaged the park’s cricket pitch. Brighton and Hove City Council requested Sussex More...

By Joseph Lewis On Friday, June 10th, 2011
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Disused Patcham Place to be offered for sale

Patcham Place, a 16th century former mansion, is to be offered for sale on a long lease by Brighton and Hove City Council. The property was occupied by the Youth Hostel Association for nearly 70 years until October More...

By Joseph Lewis On Friday, May 13th, 2011
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Men robbed at knifepoint by gang in Patcham

Two men from Brighton were robbed at knifepoint by a gang of teenagers in the early hours of this morning (Friday, 13 May) as they walked along Carden Avenue in Patcham. The men, aged 20 and 19, were approached More...

By Joseph Lewis On Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
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Car crashes through wall after collision with police car

A woman was taken to hospital after a collision involving a police car early on Tuesday morning (26th April). The accident happened at around 7.30am this morning at the junction between Carden Avenue and Sunnydale More...