TC7 - Focus Area 2: Bohemia

Site reference: TC7
Site name: White Rock Park 

Focus Area/Strategic Policy: Focus Area 2: Bohemia

Use: Sport/leisure.  Option to include residential uses in line with FA2.

Indicative capacity (net residential dwellings/floorspace): 3,000sqm

Site specific development considerations based on draft Local Plan policies:

Development on this site should:

• Consolidate indoor and outdoor sports  facilities (including leisure centre in site HL25) to create a vibrant focus for existing and new urban sports
• Retain woodland to the north of the site within the site of the old Bohemia Farm as part of the network of green spaces
• Incorporate new pedestrian and cycle route linking Magdalen Road to Falaise Road and Hastings Town Centre
• Preserve and enhance the setting of the Magdalen Road and Eversfield Place Conservation Areas, and heritage assets including the former Convent of Holy Child Jesus
• Take account of Southern Water's underground infrastructure that crosses the site in the design of the site layout. 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
• Enhance pedestrian and cycle access to Central St Leonards, Hastings Town Centre, Summerfields Woods, Bohemia and Tower Local Centre and the seafront
• Connect to, or be capable of, connection to a district heating network
• Provide 25% affordable housing where new residential development is built in line with policy SP2
• Residential development should be confined to the north of the site (shown as 'A')

The following image shows a map of the site boundary

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