HL9 - Seaside Road, West St Leonards

Site reference: HL9
Site name: Seaside Road, West St Leonards

Focus Area/Strategic Policy: Focus Area 4: West Marina and West St Leonards

Use: Residential led mixed use scheme to include commercial, leisure and retail uses to attract residents from the wider area and visitors.  Beach huts and play equipment should be retained or relocated.

Indicative capacity (net residential dwellings/floorspace): 152

Site specific development considerations based on draft Local Plan policies:

Development on this site should:

• Provide 25% affordable housing in line with policy SP2
• Explore opportunities for co-ordinating development with the Cinque Ports Way site (HL11), or allowances made to better enable this including any road and junction improvements
• Strengthen link to West St Leonards Station and the cycle route and public right of way at the south of the site should be preserved and the existing cycle path enhanced
• Respond to underground constraints with the possibility of an informal residential layout to the west of this site with more formal residential development in the east relating to the form and scale of the Grosvenor Gardens Conservation Area
• Provide a public realm and promenade that is attractive and inviting to residents and tourists that should also act as a way of protecting views along the seafront. Pedestrian access to the beach should be enhanced, particularly to the west of the site near the existing access at Cinque Ports Way
• Provide new public open space land above the underground tank in the north of the site with informal opportunities for ‘play’ integrated into the design of the site
• Incorporate measures to address flood risk. This should include improvements to the sea wall and contributions to ongoing maintenance in light of tidal and fluvial flood risk (Zone 3). This site has a high groundwater table and drainage design should be informed by onsite monitoring
• Incorporate a creative design response to integrating the electricity substation
• Provide a connection to the sewerage system at the nearest point of adequate capacity, as advised by Southern Water and ensure future access to the existing sewerage and water supply infrastructure for maintenance and upsizing purposes. It should also take account of Southern Water's underground infrastructure in the design of the layout of the site. Easements would be required, which may affect the site layout or require diversion, and these should be clear of all proposed buildings and tree planting
• Provide an assessment of ground conditions and potential contamination and any necessary mitigation measures

The following image shows a map of the site boundary

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