21 October - WI Newsletter Published - The Harbour WI has published a report of its October meeting. Find it on the Harbour WI webpages by clicking here...
12 October - Martello Tower 64, North Harbour Beach planning application - It appears to be much the same as the previous application and is submitted under the same application number. Details and plans are on the EBC planning portal, where you should make any comments.
https://www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/article/2087/?RefType=APPPlanCase&KeyText=240561
Planning Application 240561 - Valid From 05/10/2026
Target Determination Date - 30/11/2026
Please comment by - 05/11/2026
Application Description - Proposed residential use as a holiday home, including an upward extension to create an additional floor. Click for Design and Access Statement...
07 October - Beach Manager Update.
We have begun this season with all systems go. The Hastings recycle operation is still underway but will pause briefly next week to allow the Environment Agency to carry out the first Eastbourne bypass of the season.
This time a key part of the Eastbourne bypass will be a trial of electric plant and vehicles on the operation. The trial will help us assess whether electric machinery can operate effectively in the demanding beach environment, better understand the benefits it may bring to the local community and support a more sustainable approach to future beach management.
As this is a significant step forward for beach management operations, you may see drone filming and an increase in visitors to the area while the trial is taking place.
As part of the bypass operation, surplus material will be removed from the rock spur at White Point and, if time permits, additional material will also be removed from the outer harbour where sediment has gradually accumulated over the summer. This material will then be transported by road lorries to Sovereign Harbour, where it will be tipped and transferred by dumpers along the frontage as part of the ongoing beach management works.
Please can we ask that you take care around work areas, follow signs and beach marshal instructions, and keep dogs on leads near machinery.
Once these works are complete, the Hastings Bypass will resume until the end of October.
The Sospan Dau has returned for another week and will continue recharging the frontage intermittently until the end of November.
06 October - SHRA Newsletter Published - The October issue of Waterlines, our bi-monthly PDF newsletter, has been published online. Find it on the Waterlines page... Previously published on the 1st of every second month commencing in February, future editions will be published after the SHRA committee meetings held on the first Thursday of the relevant month.
15 September - Note of SHRA AGM. A note of last week's SHRA AGM along with the slides from the presentation by our MP, Josh Babarinde OBE, have been added to our AGM webpage. Click ye here to find them...
15 September - New Columbus Point Residents Association (CPRA) - Leaseholders and freeholders across South Harbour's Columbus Point are facing a difficult property market, stagnant or declining property values, and rising costs. In addition, our properties have been affected by questionable value for money from our maintenance services.
Individually, we have very little influence over these issues, but we can have an impact on some of them if we come together. The law allows us to form a democratic and legally authoritative Recognised Tenants Association (RTA) to represent our interests with the development’s managing agent and landlord.
Your voice can now be heard via the new Columbus Point Residents Association (CPRA), recently established to represent all Columbus Point leaseholders and freeholders. Please see this linked document for further details and how to join, or visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/newcpra
04 September - Adopted Roads Map - as a quick reference we have cobbled together the PDF linked to below from the ESCC Adopted Roads online map. ESCC's interactive, online version is frequently updated and should always be consulted for up-to-date and further information.
Click here for the PDF Map.
Please visit the following ESCC website for the latest data: www.eastsussex.gov.uk/roads-transport/roads/maintenance/road-adoption
01 September - Writing Competition Result - SHRA and the Sovereign Harbour Book and Creative Writing Group are pleased to announce the winners of their 2026 Writing Competition in the following online document: www.shra.co.uk/pdfs/winners.pdf
SHRA and the Writing Group thank everyone who took part.
28 August - Letter to Premier about the slope - In the past, pedestrians crossing the car park area beside the locks at the end of Key West to gain access to the curved outer harbour prom needed to negotiate one of two gravelled slopes. The only alternative was a steeper paved slope, which most people avoided.
Premier Marinas recently fenced off the two slopes, so now the only access is the very steep paved slope. The slope forms part of the alternative route when the harbour bridge is out of action and is part of the King Charles III England Coast Path.
The paved slope is wholly unsuitable for wheelchairs and mobility scooters, and difficult for those with a pram, carrying shopping and anyone with mobility issues. There is no handrail, and in winter it will be extremely dangerous.
SHRA has written to Premier and local councillors about this issue and awaits a response. Click to read our letter...
10 February - Foyer Notice for Couriers - Following thefts from the foyer of their apartment block, residents placed a notice to inform couriers that the foyer is not a "Safe Place" for deliveries. It has been partly successful, with one courier who used to leave parcels there now delivering them to the flat's front door. An A4, PDF version of the poster for printing can be viewed and downloaded by clicking here... Before displaying it, you should check that other residents are OK with doing that.
Over time, some news items may migrate to the News Archive page or another relevant page of the SHRA website.
The Sovereign Harbour Residents Association (SHRA) aims to strengthen and coordinate the voices of Sovereign Harbour residents in discussions on the management and development of the Harbour. The association's work is funded by annual membership subscriptions and donations from sponsors.
Sovereign Harbour
Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, East Sussex, is a large, prestigious, marina-side development of houses and apartments arranged around an outer tidal harbour and four inner harbours alongside waterways and the shingle beach. It is a great place to live and a great place to visit!
It is also a busy commercial marina and a working port for the Eastbourne Fishermen. There is a RNLI lifeboat station and a popular yacht club. The Waterfront has restaurants, cafes and bars and hosts regular events and entertainment. There is ample free parking.
Beginning in 1991, the Harbour was dug out from an area of quarried vegetated shingle known as The Crumbles. House building commenced in 1997 and continued for ten years. More recently, a medical centre was built, and the local junior school was enlarged. Pacific House, the first building of an Innovation Park, was opened. A long-awaited community centre was in use by December 2019. Further housing is under construction, and plans for the development of Site 1 and Site 7a have been approved.
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.
Our website is frequently updated with reports on the work of the Association and local news and issues. We also publish information on harbour clubs and activities, future development, and local transport.
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