06 July - Retail Park Vacant Cinema Site - Letter to M&G. SHRA recently had a telephone conference about the vacant cinema site with EBC’s Director of Planning in which we discussed plannining permision and the planning restrictions imposed by EBC (see 29 May item below). EBC argued that these were not blanket restrictions but that the Council simply wanted a named tenant with a business plan so they would be able to assess its impact on Eastbourne Town Centre; they would accept any reasonable tenant. We have written again to M&G Estates to raise further points and to suggest a stakeholders meeting. Click here to read our email to M&G. 
01 July - Planning Application for Major Redevelopment
of Bay View Holiday Park. Wealden Council have published a planning application relating to the Bay View Holiday Park. The plan involves the replacement of the current caravan site and adjacent camping field that backs on to Sovereign Harbour properties, with
91 static caravans. Click here for a plan of the proposal... Click here for the Design and Access Statement... Any comments should be made on the Wealden Council web site (click here). Closing date is 17 July.
06 June - Fisherman's Quay Construction Traffic - The Eastbourne Fisherman's Community Interest Company have submitted plans to EBC for dealing with construction traffic during the building of the first phase of the Fisherman's Quay on site 3 behind The Harvester. Presumably, this traffic will include
plant, deliveries and workers' transport. All the parking proposed is within
the Fisherman's Quay site. The construction work is bound to have some impact
on a small number of local properties, but the application sets out limits to working hours and
states that they will be writing to affected properties. The closing date for comments which should be made on the EBC planning site (ref no. 200331) is 12 June. Application details and plan...
03 June - Big "Thank You!" and respect - to residents, Jo, Keith, Warren and Sarah, and Andy and his brother, who have cleared up litter from the harbour spit and beaches. SHRA has contacted
Premier Marinas and the SHNP about recent gatherings on the spit asking them to take whatever steps they can to prevent it
becoming a regular occurrence. During past summers the area has been included in Sussex Police's ‘Operation Blitz’ patrols and there was a police presence on the spit last Saturday evening. Litter collection photos...
29 May - Vacant cinema site When M&G, the retail park owners, applied to change the use of the cinema building to retail use, EBC approved the change but imposed conditions. The conditions included prohibiting the selling of fashion, footwear, sportswear, children’s wear, toys and food “in order to protect the vitality and viability of the town centre from significant harm”. More than a year later, the cinema unit remains vacant and has attracted vandalism. M&G tell us that the EBC conditions are making renting the units more difficult. SHRA, in cooperation with the Sovereign Harbour Neighbourhood Panel, has written to EBC planning department requesting a meeting with them to discuss the vacant site. Click here read our letter to EBC…
27 May - Adopted Roads Map - East Sussex County Council have an interactive map that shows which roads have been adopted. Click here to view map then zoom in...
24 May - SHRA Annual Report published - Although we are unable to hold a public AGM, we have published our usual Annual Report and set of accounts. Click here to read it...
22 May - Fisherman's Quayside additional funding - East Sussex County Council has approved additional funding towards the development of the Fisherman's Quayside behind The Harvester. The funding of £1.08m is subject to approval of the business case by the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) Accountability Board in July. More details on this ESCC webpage...
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The Sovereign Harbour Residents Association gives Sovereign Harbour residents a strengthened and co-ordinated voice in discussions on the management and development of the Harbour. The work of the Association is funded by a one-off, life membership subscription.
Sovereign Harbour
Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, East Sussex, is a large, prestigious, marina-side development of houses and apartments arranged around an outer tidal harbour, four inner harbours and alongside waterways and the shingle beach.
It is also a busy, commercial marina and a working port for the Eastbourne Fishermen. There is also a RNLI lifeboat station and a popular yacht club. At The Waterfront there are restaurants, cafes and bars with regular events and entertainments; all with ample, free parking. It is a great place to live, and a great place to visit!
The Harbour was dug out from an area of vegetated shingle known as The Crumbles begining in 1991. House building commenced in 1997 and continued for ten years. In recent years a new medical centre has been built and the local junior school was enlarged. More housing is under construction, and Pacific House, the first building of an Innovation Park, was opened. In late 2017, work started on a long-awaited community centre that was in use by December 2019.
Membership is open to all households in owned or rented residential property located within the Sovereign Harbour estate, and owners of such residential property. Click here to join SHRA... Membership brings discounts from local businesses.
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