£38 million regeneration funding announced by the government
Sea Space set up.
University Centre Hastings opened in the refurbished BT building in Havelock Road in September. With over 40 courses to choose from and 700 students anticipated for the new academic year, the goal is 2000 students by 2012.
Creative Media Centre the old Boots building in Robertson Street was redeveloped into prestigious serviced office suites to help small creative firms start and expand.
The Broadband Centre was opened and has helped over 750 local companies get the most from the internet.
Creative Media Centre second building completed. A new building in Robertson Street to give more creative companies space to work and grow their business, with a new café/restaurant and a public walkway from Cambridge Road to Robertson Street.
High quality serviced offices, workshops and studios at Churchfields industrial estate to help local companies expand and to attract new companies to Hastings & St Leonards.
A big development of offices and light industrial premises next to Queensway to attract large employers to the area and boost local jobs.
Planning permission: Granted June 2005
Anticipated start of construction: Winter 2005
Anticipated completion: 2006/07
Marina Pavilion is being restored and extended to become a high-quality, year-round seafront business and leisure venue to boost St Leonards' economy. The new plans include conference and function facilities, a beach café, new promenade-level restaurant and bar. A local team comprising architect Neil Choudhury, artists Caroline le Breton and Jonathan Cole, engineers Adams Consulting and Westridge Construction is involved.
Planning permission: Granted September 2004
Anticipated start of construction: Autumn 2005
Anticipated completion: Summer 2006
Sea Space is working to transform the 'Priory Quarter' area - the section of Hastings town centre including Priory Street, Havelock Road and Middle Street, the University Centre Hastings and the Creative Media Centre to create a vibrant business and education quarter.
An outline plan, exhibited in Priory Meadow earlier this year, shows how new development could introduce leisure facilities, improved pedestrian access and new homes. The first building to be developed in the area is likely to be on the 'Gap Site' between Havelock Road and Priory Street. A planning application for a mixed use development here has recently been submitted to Hastings Borough Council.
Planning application for Gap Site: Submitted August 2005
Anticipated start for Gap Site: Winter 2005
Anticipated completion for Gap Site: Spring 2008
The recent planning permission for Station Plaza means business space for 900 jobs plus 102 apartments to allow more people to live in the heart of town. It also means space for Hastings College to relocate and a Primary Health Care Centre big enough to take all the GPs working in town centre practices.
By delivering these developments, this major project will turn the old station goods yard, derelict for years, into a lively, thriving plaza.
Priory Meadow Manager John Hough said:
"The Station Plaza is a natural extension of the regeneration impact Priory Meadow has already made. New students, workers and residents will bring extra business and vitality to the shopping centre and to the whole of the town's retail and leisure activity."
Planning permission: Granted August 2005
Anticipated start: Spring 2006
Anticipated completion: Spring 2009
The Task Force partners have decided to extend the remit of this seafront project to include renovation of Pelham Crescent and the restoration of the Regency Pelham Arcade, all of which will set St Mary-in-the-Castle in its deserved quality environment. This is being planned in addition to the striking contemporary development designed by world-renowned architects Foster & Partners for the existing Pelham car park. At the heart of the proposed new development will be a beachfront civic space, protected by quality-designed offices, homes, a boutique hotel, shops and cafes.
Planning application: To be submitted 2006
Anticipated start: 2007
Anticipated completion: 2010
As one of the larger sites within the Hastings Millennium Community programme, Sea Space and English Partnerships are leading the transformation of the Ore Valley, with 700 new homes, overhaul of the rail and road system, new shops, community facilities and enhancement of the area's green spaces.
Planning permission: Granted for first phase, Autumn 2004
Anticipated start: September 2005
Anticipated completion: 2012
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