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07 Sep - Site 1 - Further Revised Plans Submitted. A revised plan has been submitted by Untold Living, the developers of the proposed retirement complex on Site 1.  It is indicated that the number of apartments has been reduced by two (down to 126 in total), but we haven't yet been able to determine where on the plans the reduction is made.  Five additional parking spaces have been added making 75 in total.  The heights of the buildings remain unchanged.

The amended application plans and a Design and Access Statement (DAS) Addendum can be viewed on-line at: www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/planning where you may leave comments.   For ease of access a copy of the DAS Addendum is available from the SHRA web site by clicking here...  

The next EBC Planning Committee meeting is on 17 September.  We will let you know if this revision is added to the agenda for that meeting.

26 August  - Site 7a - EBC Confirm Planning Decisions - EBC have published S106 Agreements and Decision Notices on their Planning Portal for the three Site 7a buildings (Aldi store, retirement apartments and a care home). Links and case numbers are listed below.

• Planning Application 220849 - Valid From 02/11/2022  Site 7a Pacific Drive Eastbourne East Sussex. Erection of Class E foodstore alongside access, parking, landscaping, and associated works.

• Planning Application 220850 - Valid From 02/11/2022  Site 7a Pacific Drive Eastbourne East Sussex. Erection of apartment retirement living development (Use Class C3), access, car parking, and associated landscaping.

• Planning Application 220852 - Valid From 03/11/2022  Site 7a Pacific Drive Eastbourne East Sussex. Proposed three storey, 66 bedroom, care home for older people (Class C2 Use) with associated new access (off Pacific Drive), parking and landscaping.

20 August  - Site 1 - Planners Recommendation Defeated - EBC's Planning Committee meeting this evening voted against accepting the recommendation from EBC's Head of Development to grant planning permission (see 13 Aug item below).

Instead, the members of the planning committee voted to again defer the application on the grounds that the proposed development was still too big.  EBC’s development team will now enter further negotiations with the developer.  A video of the debate at the committee meeting is available on the Planning Committee's web site: Click here to visit the webpage...    

13 August - Site 1 - Planning Recommendation - The revised planning application for Site 1 will be decided on by EBC's Planning Committee meeting in the Town Hall at 6pm on Tuesday 20th August.  The Recommendation that will be before the committee is:

1. Delegate to the Head of Development Management to:
a) Conclude consultation with the ESCC (Ecology and Landscape), and
b) Make any necessary revisions, attach conditions or seek planning obligations resulting from the above consultation; and upon conclusion of the above:-

2. Grant planning permission with conditions, subject to S106 Agreement to secure:
a) Local Labour Agreement;
b) Transport contributions (£1,350 per unit);
c) Travel Plan and monitoring fee (£6000);
d) Car Club contributions;
e) Contributions to provide improvements to the public open space and a gateway to the Harbour and an appropriate connection between the Seafront Promenade and the Harbour Walkway;
f) Restrict age of occupiers to over 55 and new apartments not being used as second homes; and
g) Any additional heads of terms requested by consultees.

3. Should the Section 106 Agreement outlined within 2 (above) not be completed within a reasonable timescale (to be agreed with Officers) that the application be refused for the following reason: The applicant has failed to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority that planning obligations Recommendation required to make the proposed development acceptable in planning terms can be secured, contrary to Policy D8 (Sustainable Travel) of the Eastbourne Core Strategy 2013 and policies TR7 and UHT1 (Design of New Development) of the Eastbourne Borough Plan 2003 and paragraph 114 of the NPPF.

The planning officer's report to the committee about Site 1 is here...   Further documentation being presented to the committee in support of the recommendation is available on the Planning Committee's web site: Click here to visit the webpage...  The webpage will also give access to a live video stream on the evening of the 20th.  

09 August - Site 1 Development - SHRA Letter to EBC Planners - SHRA was disappointed that the revised plans for the retirement complex on Site 1 didn't really address the issues that led to the original plans being refused in March. We have written to the EBC planners to inform them of  our continued concerns about the size and impact of this proposed development.  Click here to read our letter to EBC...   The revised planning application will be decided on at EBC's planning committe meeting on Tuesday 20th August.  Comments need to be received by EBC by 19th August, but best to get them in earlier. 

02 August - August Waterlines published - We've only gone and thrown together another edition of our newsletter! Find it on our "Waterlines" page....

30 July - Site 1 DAS now Available -  the Design & Access Statement (DAS) Addendum that formed part of the revised planning application for the retirement flats on Site 1 but was missing from the EBC planning portal, is now available to download from the EBC portal in three parts.  For ease of reference, a slightly lower quality, full version is available from SHRA's website; click here to view it...  

23 July - Harbour WI Newsletter - The Harbour WI have published their latest newsletter giving details of their July meeting. Click here to find it on the WI webpages... 

16 July- Site 1 Update - The plans mentioned below and referenced in the developer's covering letter are now available on the EBC portal (see this list... ). However, the Design & Access Statement (DAS) addendum that explains the design approach and is mentioned and listed in the covering letter is not yet online. It is listed on the EBC planning portal, but the wrong document is attached to the link. SHRA has asked EBC for it to be corrected. As you can see in these images the height has been reduced and stair cases realigned, but the ground floor footprints are identical...   

15 July - Site 1 - Revised Plans Submitted. We have received notification from EBC that a revised plan has been put forward by Untold Living, the developers of the proposed retirement complex on Site 1.  The amended application can be viewed on-line at: www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/planning where you can make comments.
However, at the time of writing there is very little detail on the planning portal relating to the new proposal, other than a covering letter from the developers agent indicating the number of apartments have been reduced from 137 to 128 and the building has been reduced in size by one storey. Covering Letter.... 
The SHRA are reviewing the documents available and will press for the release of the amended plans referenced in the covering letter.
We would like to hear the views of members and neighbours especially those living along Martinique Way and Anguila Close.  Please e mail us at info@shra.co.uk . The council have given 21 days for observations to be made to them (before 5 August 2024).

18 March - Retail Park Drive-thrus Approved (Application no. 220877) - EBC have approved the demolition of existing buildings in the centre of the retail park car park and the erection of two takeaway buildings with drive-thru facilities, together with landscaping, car parking and associated works.  It is understood that these will be a McDonald's and a Costa Coffee. The approval is subject to certain conditions about car and cycle parking, tree protection, surface water drainage and litter management, etc. Approval document...

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