Eco Centre fails again

The Ethical Property Company’s latest attempt to place an inappropriate advertising sign in the conservation area and opposite the Grade II* Brighton Station has again been thwarted by the Council’s refusal to grant planning permission. Planning officers criticised both the size and materials of the sign proposed. It does beggar belief that having failed to place the so-called ‘Green Giant Sign’ on the same wall (a sign measuring some five and a half by four metres) it then proposes a sign made of solid polyethylene encased in aluminium! So much for using biodegradable materials! The ecologycentre.org website explains that: “Manufacturing PET resin generates more toxic emissions (nickel, ethylbenzene, ethylene oxide, benzene) than manufacturing glass. Producing a 16 oz. PET bottle generates more than 100 times the toxic emissions to air and water than making the same size bottle out of glass.” Continue reading Jim Gowans’ West Hill Watch, Aug 19 →