A major redevelopment of the Broadway buildings in Crowborough High Street could bring new flats and shop units.
Plans have been submitted to Wealden District Council to redevelop the section of the Broadway currently home to Global Travel and other empty shops into a three storey building with 16 flats and four shops.
The application describes the proposal as “a comprehensive redevelopment” of the buildings which would “restore a coherent, high-quality frontage to The Broadway” with four modern shops and 16 “well-planned homes above that meet space standards with good outlook, daylight and shared amenity”.
The plans include eight one-bedroomed flats, two two-bedroomed flats, and a further six affordable or social housing one-bedroomed flats.
The applicant says the buildings currently on the site, on the corner of the Broadway and Nevill Road, “make inefficient use of the plot”. The new design, they add, “has been carefully conceived to sit in conjunction with the adjoining Bugatti House and is deliberately stepped to remain slightly lower in height.”
No on-site car parking is proposed “reflecting the physical constraints of the site and its sloping topography” but the applicant says transport surveys had shown there were more than 300 parking spaces within easy walking distance. “This evidence supports the delivery of a car-free scheme in this town centre location without creating a severe residual impact.” And the new buildings will include 18 secure cycle spaces.
The consultation on the proposals runs until the end of October. For full details visit: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/Planning/Display/WD/2024/0017/MAJ