THERE are plans to transform part of a historic mansion into luxury flats. KSD Group, which owns the leasehold to Stanmer House, wants to create ten new apartments across the ground and first and second floors in the building. The building maintenance company has sought pre-application advice for a change of use for the 18th century country house. It would also like to add a new public exhibition space on the ground floor, alongside the cafe. Proposals include adding two flats to the ground floor, and four flats each on the first and second floors. The mix of two-bedroom and one-bedroom apartments would also have access to a residents’ lounge, a communal courtyard, gym, steam room, sauna, residents bar and cinema room.
A NIGHTCLUB owner has blasted the government’s support package for the hospitality industry as “insulting”. Brighton-born entrepreneur Alex Proud runs Proud Cabaret Brighton in St George’s Road in Kemp Town as well as two other cabaret venues in London. The businessman took to Twitter this week to vent his frustration after the government announced its lockdown grants for struggling businesses amid Covid-19, which he says is not enough to cover expenses. Mr Proud tweeted: “£9k won’t cover our PAYE or insurance or IT or electricity. It won’t even cover one month. Feel our pain you rich b s.