After listening to residents, stakeholders, and the wider community, we recognise the Four Courts no longer meets modern housing standards.
The design and layout of flats doesn’t meet modern mobility standards, and the physical constraints of the buildings restrict the opportunities to modernise these blocks to the standards residents expect.
We’ve carefully considered all options and believe this is a unique opportunity to create new, high-quality social homes that better serve the needs of current and future residents.
We believe this is a once in a generation opportunity to create modern homes the people of Hastings can be proud of.
All new homes built on the site will remain social housing, reinforcing Southern Housing's dedication to providing affordable and sustainable homes for local people.
This regeneration project is a positive step towards addressing housing challenges in the area while maintaining strong community ties.
We’ll use our borrowing capacity to fund the development of new social housing at the Four Courts site.
We’ve had early conversations with Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, about securing grant funding for the new social homes.
A planning application is set to be submitted to Hastings Borough Council by the end of this year. We've been holding engagement sessions to gather input from residents and stakeholders. These will help shape the future plans for the site.
The site is big enough to provide more social housing than the number of homes currently provided by the Four Courts.
The new development will include a mix of home types to meet local housing needs. We’re confident we’ll be able to maintain good open areas as well.
We know the site can achieve more homes than currently on the estate and believe we can achieve approximately 450 new homes including apartments, maisonettes and houses.
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We’ve a dedicated web page for Four Courts residents covering topics which aren’t related to the regeneration.
