Paul Samrah has taken on the leadership of the Seagulls Party

The Seagulls Party is registered with the Electoral Commission and intends to field candidates at local elections.

The party said on its website it was "born out of frustration and anger over the political process that has thwarted the delivery of a community stadium".

Stadium approval granted last October was quashed due to a planning error.

Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott gave the go-ahead for a new stadium at Falmer, to the north of Brighton, but there was a mistake concerning the description of the site in his approval letter.

'Serious aims'

A High Court challenge against Mr Prescott's decision had already been launched by Lewes District Council, but Paul Samrah, leader of the Seagulls Party, said the council had shown "complete disregard for the view of thousands of local residents".

He said the Falmer For All campaign had gathered 5,000 signatures in the space of a week from people in the Lewes district who were in favour of a new stadium.

Planning consent was quashed five months after Mr Prescott's decision

Speaking about his new party, Mr Samrah added: "Make no mistake, we are very serious in our aims.

"We feel we've exhausted every possible campaigning route and this is the only option left to us, which is at the ballot box."

A consent order for the plans to go back to the new Department for Communities and Local Government has to be agreed by the football club, Brighton and Hove City Council and Lewes District Council.