Holdfast Bay Council's four-storey bid for Brighton Rd Holdfast Bay Council office. HOLDFAST Bay Council wants to allow buildings up to four storeys high along a stretch of Brighton Rd. The council also plans to rezone a dozen house blocks at Hove and Brighton to enable them to be converted into carparks for nearby shopping centres. The council is calling for comment on the changes, which would allow for three and four storey buildings along a 1.5km section of Brighton Rd, between the Hove train station crossing south and Broadway. The existing policy allows for a maximim of two-storeys. The plans are part of Holdfast Bay's Brighton and Hove District Centre Development Plan Amendment, which will be discussed at a public meeting tonight. The council is seeking to change the zoning of several homes adjoining Brighton Foodland, the Hove IGA supermarket and the Brighton Family Clinic, to potentially create a series of carparks at the rear of the busy centres. Traffic lights have also been proposed at the intersection of Edwards St and Brighton Rd and at a modified intersection at Highet Ave and Brighton Rd, subject to the availability of State Government funding. Brighton resident Jenny Snewin said rezoning house blocks from residential to commercial would devalue homes in the surrounding area not just the affected homes and create traffic congestion on nearby streets. "This is not fair for people who thought they have bought houses in a residential area which may now be zoned commercial as they could end up with a carpark next to their house or a three or four-storey building overshadowing their property," Mrs Snewin said. The changes will also create a dark, unsafe corridor behind the shops because it won't be visible from Brighton Rd. Mrs Snewin said residents would attend the public meeting tonight to lobby against the changes. Holdfast Bay acting chief executive Steve Hodge said tonight's meeting was "an opportunity early in the consultation process for people to hear more about the proposed changes, ask questions and provide early informal feedback." "There are then a number of mechanisms for people to provide formal feedback, including writing, emailing, visiting our online hub and making a submission at a public meeting in July," he said. The meeting will be held at Brighton Tennis Clubrooms, 19-20 Torr Ave, Brighton, at 7pm.