Homes England has acquired the Teville Gate brownfield regeneration site in Worthing for a residential development offering around 250 new homes.
Teville Gate, which was bought by Worthing Borough Council in 2021, is the first site in the South East to be purchased by Homes England through the Brownfield Infrastructure and Land Fund (BIL).
Homes England has agreed to acquire the site immediately and will then lease it back to Worthing Borough Council while it carries out preparatory work, ensuring that the site can be used for other purposes while the body works up plans for a sustainable development on the site.
Alison Crofton, chief property officer at Homes England, said: “Homes England has worked closely with Worthing Borough Council over the past year to agree a united approach. We are pleased to be working in partnership with Worthing Borough Council, to create a scheme that will enable the delivery of a development that meets the needs of the local community. Teville Gate is key regeneration area for Worthing and a challenging brownfield site that has the potential to have a transformational impact on the town.”
Councillor Dr Beccy Cooper, the leader of Worthing Borough Council, added: “We have chosen to partner with Homes England as the catalyst for the regeneration of Teville Gate into a vibrant, sustainable community hub featuring genuinely affordable homes that our citizens need. Our ambition remains the creation of sustainable, high-quality and genuinely affordable homes for our residents. We believe Homes England is the ideal partner to realise those ambitions for Worthing. I’m excited that within months this barren land will be back in use for the community while the work to unlock the potential of this site begins.”
