Car parks around railway stations could make way for residential development in Brighton, with the state unlocking multiple sites for homes that will further slash car spaces.

Precincts Minister Harriet Shing will this weekend add four new locations to the government’s Small Sites Program, which opens up blocks of surplus government land to the private sector to develop.

In a move likely to provoke further reactions from locals, two of the sites are car parks on Lindsay Street, near Middle Brighton station, and Marion Street, near North Brighton station.

This would affect about 80 spots out of 110 in Middle Brighton and 75 out of 120 spots in North Brighton. These numbers are estimates and would depend on what the developers ultimately plan for the sites.

The bayside suburb has become

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