Performance Retail Limited Partnership has been granted planning permission for its plans to extend the Arndale Centre in Eastbourne.
Approval was granted last night at Eastbourne council’s special planning and development committee meeting, subject to the agreement and completion of section 106 agreements.
Performance Retail, a joint venture between Legal & General Property and Strathclyde Pension Fund, plans to extend the Eastbourne Arndale Centre.
Plans include the demolition of buildings west of the centre along Terminus Road and the construction of up to 22 new ground and first-floor shops totalling 175,000 sq ft.
Construction work on the scheme is expected to start within the next two years.
L&G head of retail development Simon Russian said: “We are pleased that Eastbourne borough council has, in principle, approved plans to extend the Arndale Centre.
“We now need to agree detail behind our planning obligations as well as hold discussions with those parties affected by the scheme.
“There is still much work to be done but this enables us to go to the next stage in moving our plans forward for the £70m extension that will rejuvenate Eastbourne town centre and have a much-needed knock-on economic effect.
“We will continue to hold detailed discussions with retailers who have shown interest in coming to the town.”
Nick.Whitten@estatesgazette.com
