Worthing’s Teville Gate site back on the market

Worthing’s Teville Gate has been put up for sale once again in the latest twist in a saga spanning decades.
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The prominent vacant site, which sits as the gateway to the town centre in Teville Road, had planning permission approved earlier this year for hundreds of flats, a hotel and leisure space.

It was hoped the approval would finally see the empty site occupied after more than 20 years of dilapidation, but it has now been put back on the market.

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According to documents discussed by Adur and Worthing’s joint governance committee, final sign-off of legal conditions around the development have been delayed as ‘it appears developers are seeking to sell the site’.

An artist's impression of what the Teville Gate redevelopment could look like. Picture: Mosaic SUS-190313-121811001An artist's impression of what the Teville Gate redevelopment could look like. Picture: Mosaic SUS-190313-121811001
An artist's impression of what the Teville Gate redevelopment could look like. Picture: Mosaic SUS-190313-121811001

The plans submitted by developed Mosaic Global Investments Ltd include a 22-storey tower block containing 378 flats – 116 of which would be affordable.

At the planning meeting in March, residents and councillors expressed concern over the height of the tower block.

James Appleton, head of planning and development, reminded the meeting that the site had been identified in the local plan to take tall buildings – and no maximum limit had been set when it came to numbers.

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He said: “If this scheme does not go forward there are serious concerns about what development will come forward in the future.”

The Teville Gate saga runs back into the 1990s, but came close to a resolution in 2006 when Hanson Capital Management planned flats, a swimming pool and leisure facilities.

Permission was granted fully in 2010, but by 2014 the group had lost control of the site, which fell further into dilapidation.

Mosaic took over in 2015 but did not reveal any plans for three years. In 2018, the iconic car park was finally demolished.