With building developments across Brighton beginning to encroach upon the fields, the tracks that had divided the individual hide plots were normalized into streets, and the area was soon appropriated as a new settlement and market area. John Furner planted a market garden in the plots, and by 1840 a rail hub had been set up on the northern border of North Laine, Brighton railway station.
As building projects in Brighton expanded into fields, the boundaries that divided individual hide plots were merged into streets. The area became a new settlement and market area soon after. John Furner cultivated a market garden on some of these plots, and by 1840, a rail hub was established along the northern border of North Laine, which later became Brighton railway station.