Significant Development Plans Set to Change the Face of Eastbourne…
Upcoming plans to increase Eastbourne’s population, by building hundreds of new houses and flats, could be extremely controversial.
Medical/dental services are already severely stretched, and a significant population increase would impact heavily on school places.
Unless strong public opposition forces a U-turn, here is an outline of the large developments Eastbourne Council would like to authorise.
The consultation period is open until 20th January 2023. Comment on the plans HERE or go to a drop-in event.
Eastbourne Local Plan – Growth Strategy
Eastbourne Council’s Local Plan is designed to increase the town’s population.
It will dictate the type, scale and location of new accommodation, offices and industrial areas in Eastbourne until 2039.
This ongoing public consultation – open until January 20 – focuses on housing and population growth and aims to get opinions from local residents before going ahead.
As soon as the Local Plan is finalised, further public input will be reviewed later this year.
When that is complete, the development plan will be submitted to government for final authorisation to go ahead.
Eastbourne Council anticipates their Local Plan will finally be set in stone by the end of 2024.
A total of 28 key development sites have been identified by Eastbourne Council as follows:
* Land adjacent to the Enterprise Centre and Railway Station – 5,000sqm of retail space, 3,000sqm extension to the Enterprise Centre, and around 192 homes
* Junction Road Car Park – 80 homes
* Former Debenhams site, 152-170 Terminus Road – 120 homes, 1,000sqm of retail and leisure space
* Former TJ Hughes site, 177-187 Terminus Road – 65 homes, 700sqm of retail space
* Former Law Courts, Old Orchard Road – 35 homes
* Former Police Station, Grove Road – 50 homes
* 56 Langney Road – 47 homes
* Bedfordwell Road Depot – 100 homes, conversion of existing listed Pump House building to residential and commercial use
* Land at Tutts Barn Lane – 270 homes
* Fisherman’s Green – 80 homes
* East Sussex College site, Cross Levels Way – 200-275 homes
* 2-4 Moy Avenue – 72 homes
* ESK, Courtlands Road – 136 homes, 300sqm of commercial space
* Dairy Crest, Waterworks Road – 60 homes
* Land at Southbourne – 30,000sqm of industrial and warehouse space, 85 homes
* Former Gas Works, Finmere Road – 10,000sqm of industrial and warehouse space
* Land off Pevensey Bay Road – 375 homes
* Land at East Langney Levels – 212 homes
* Wood’s Cottages, Swanley Close – 51 homes
* Land North East of St Anthony’s Hill – 35 homes
* Sovereign Harbour Site 6 – 10,000sqm of office floorspace
* Sovereign Harbour Site 7a – 40 residential units
* Former Moira House School, Upper Carlisle Road – 52 homes
* Eastbourne College Incorporated is considering raising cash by selling off some of its sites (sports grounds etc) to developers, which is likely to result in significant numbers of homes being built.
* Summerdown Field, Compton Drive – 35 homes
* New Field, Upper Carlisle Road – 35 homes
* The University of Brighton is moving its Eastbourne facilities to Brighton. Redevelopment for more homes is likely, but nothing has been agreed as yet.
* Welkin site, Carlisle Road – 113 homes
* Hillbrow site, Denton Road – 25 homes, whilst also retaining the existing sports centre and facilities
* Aldro and Queenswood sites, Darley Road – 211 homes
The consultation period is open until 20th January 2023. Comment on the plans HERE or go to a drop-in event.
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