'˜Landmark buildings' and 450 homes among latest plans for Teville Gate, documents reveal

Teville Gate from above. Picture by Eddie Mitchell

Worthing's Teville Gate is earmarked for up to 450 homes, '˜landmark buildings', supermarket and retail units, documents submitted to Worthing Borough Council have revealed.

A letter from property agents Carter Jonas, acting on behalf of site owners Mosaic, outlined the latest plans for the dilapidated site in response to the council’s local plan consultation.

Dr Steven Norris, partner at Carter Jonas, wrote: “In short the site, which currently excludes Teville Gate House, is earmarked to provide a high-quality, mixed-use development, providing up to 450 mixed residential units, a retail supermarket and other ancillary retail uses, including the potential for cafés and restaurants.

“The proposals will provide landmark buildings in a sustainable urban environment and a high-quality pedestrian route for the public to pass through from the station down to the town centre to the south.”

The potential level of housing represents an increase in historic plans for Teville Gate, with previous owners Hanson Capital Management submitting plans for 229 apartments.

The council’s investment prospectus – a guide for developers released earlier this year – suggested 400 homes could be delivered, alongside other leisure uses.

Carter Jonas’s letter states a formal planning application is expected to be lodged in the ‘second half of 2016’, while the application could be debated by councillors early next year.