Future plans for Teville Gate laid out by council
The site has been derelict for years
Worthing Borough Council has completed the purchase of the Teville Gate site for £7 million.
The search is now on for a company to take over the site for leisure activities, while a longer term developer is sought.
It means the revival plans of the long-derelict take a big step forward, with the council planning on removing the hoardings from the site and reinstating the north/south pathway connecting the train station to the town.
Worthing Borough Council's Executive Member for Regeneration, Cllr Kevin Jenkins, said:
“I'm really pleased we made the bold effort to buy Teville Gate ourselves because we are finally, after decades of having to sit by and watch as nothing happened, in control of the destiny of this key site.
“In the short term we want to bring it back to life with a wide range of leisure activities, open space and community initiatives and are open to suggestions from tendering companies about what this might entail. It would be great to see people using the site for fun and relaxation and would change the atmosphere overnight as it did at Grafton.”
He added that in the longer term the Council was committed to improving the quality of the housing development on the site, with more green space and a better mix of housing types after being unimpressed with the proposals put forward previously by private owners.