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  • TC6 - Former Post Office and former University of Brighton building
  • TC6 - Former Post Office and former University of Brighton building

    Site reference: TC6 
    Site name: Former Post Office, Cambridge Road and former University of Brighton building, Priory Quarter

    Focus Area/Strategic Policy: Focus Area 1: Hastings Central

    Use: Commercial/employment led mixed use.  Option to include residential uses.

    Indicative capacity (net residential dwellings/floorspace): 2,900sqm

    Site specific development considerations based on draft Local Plan policies:

    Development on this site should: 

    • Enhance public realm within Priory Square, including policy compliant 'greening' to the site in a form appropriate to the urban setting, seating and improvements to open space to encourage active and positive daytime use and support the promotion of Priory Street as a secondary route to the Town Centre and Bohemia
    • Provide for active uses at ground floor level which should include retail, leisure or other town centre complimentary uses which also preserve the frontage of the former post office building.  
    • Preserve and enhance the setting of the conservation area and long-range views of and from Hastings Castle
    • Take appropriate measures to mitigate the impact of noise on residential dwellings due to location within the active night time economy setting
    • Include easements for works and infrastructure access to surrounding premises
    • Provide 25% affordable housing where new residential development is built in line with Policy SP2
    • Secure Priory Square at street level to Priory Street and Havelock Road to support community cohesion 

    The following image shows a map of the site boundary

    • TC6 

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  • Consultation Draft New Local Plan 2019 - 2039 Site Allocations

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