HRA Land Review Phase 3 - Eagle Way And Anson Close

Since the last Youesay update (March 2023) the Council is pleased to announce that we have appointed Marfleet & Blythe to act as the main contractor for the development of Phase 3A. The contractor has a history of delivering high quality affordable housing within the City, most recently working with the Council to deliver four family homes in Saxon Gardens, two which achieved carbon net-zero standards.

The project has been split into two phases which are highlighted in the image below. The main contractor procurement process for Phase 3B (16 flats) will commence imminently.

The new dwellings will meet Future Homes Standards 2025 (which will require new build homes; to be future-proofed with low carbon heating, increased levels of insulation and improved energy efficiency) and to provide Net Zero Carbon dwellings.

The sites will remain fenced off until the main contractor takes possession of the site which is anticipated to be in Autumn 2023. The construction programme is anticipated to take up to 60 weeks.

The Contractor will be in contact with residents in proximity to these sites, and we will continue to issue newsletter updates as the project progresses.

Regards,

Strategic Housing Tea

The Council are pleased to advise, that the procurement process to appoint a main contractor, is to recommence imminently. This follows on from a failed procurement in 2022, in part due to limited interest and difficult market conditions.

The decision has been made to split the proposed development into two sub phases to make the opportunity more attractive to local contractors and increase the chances of a successful procurement exercise.

Phase 3a will commence first, and it is envisaged that the development could commence as early as the Autumn 2023 and complete by late Autumn 2024.

The Council has now taken the opportunity to raise the specification of the dwellings, most notably to meet Future Homes Standards 2025 (which will require new build homes; to be future-proofed with low carbon heating, increased levels of insulation and improved energy efficiency) and to provide Net Zero Carbon dwellings.

The Heras fencing will continue to remain in place for the duration of the procurement process and until a contractor is appointed.

A further update will be sent out in the summer, hopefully to announce who the successful main contractor is and a planned ‘start on site’ date.

The main contractor procurement exercise for the development in Shoeburyness has been unsuccessful due to limited respondents, and concerns with the returns that were received. Therefore, the project team will be looking to re-advertise the opportunity in the coming months. Prior to re-advertising, the team are taking the opportunity to raise the specification of the dwellings, most notably to meet Future Homes Standards and to provide net zero carbon dwellings.

The heras fencing will remain in place until a main contractor can be appointed.

Further updates will follow on this page once the procurement process is underway.

South Essex Homes have cleared the garages and organised the demolition works, which are due to commence week beginning 23/08/21, with a four-week duration period (which includes the boundary fence installation).

The Strategic Housing Team in conjunction with the Council’s Procurement team, are currently reviewing the Main Contractor tender submissions. Once the contract is awarded, the Main Contractor and the Strategic Housing Team, will keep all residents updated via newsletters and this page.

Plans to build 21 new family homes on former disused garage sites have been given planning approval.

The plans include the development of five terraced houses and a four-storey block of 16 self-contained flats, plus 44 parking spaces and a cycle store on the former garage and compound site behind Eagle Way in Shoeburyness. The existing site was built in the 1970’s and is not fit for use as the garage blocks are too small for today’s modern cars.

These homes will be managed by South Essex Homes on behalf of the Council and is the third phase of a programme of work by the Council to transform disused garage sites into homes. Phase two is in Rochford Road and Audley Close and were completed in May 2019, while phase one is in Ashanti Close, Bulwark Road and Exeter Close and was completed in March 2017.

Cllr Ian Gilbert, leader of the council with a responsibility for housing development, said: “Providing additional council housing for residents in the town and easing the burden on the social housing waiting list is a main priority for the administration, so I am very glad the development control committee approved these plans.

“Instead of a disused garage site, which attracts anti-social behaviour and is of no use to the local community, there will be new council homes for our residents and parking provision for the community. I look forward to seeing the building programme progress.”

The development control committee approved this application on 2 June. You can rewatch the webcast and read the full planning report on our website.

Applications for planning permission have been submitted for all sites.

You can view the planning submission via the Local Planning Authorities (LPA) planning portal - https://publicaccess.southend.gov.uk/online-applications/

Planning References:

Eagle Way 2&3 - 20/01699/BC3

Anson Chase - 20/01641/BC3

Eagle Way 1A - TBC

Eagle Way 1B - TBC

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council would like to provide an update on the project in Shoeburyness.

Over the last year the Council has investigated the potential of these sites in greater detail, with site investigation works undertaken to assess the ground conditions and the location of utilities and services. As a result of the preliminary investigation the Fraser Close garage site which was previously identified as a potential candidate has been removed from this project. The revised garages (4 x Eagle Way Sites, and Anson Chase are highlighted below).

The Council has appointed Marston BDB to act as Employers Agent for phases 3 and 4 of the HRA Land Review following the conclusion of a competitive procurement exercise. In the coming months the Council will look to carry out a procurement exercise for the Architect and Design Team for the project.

There will be an opportunity for the local residents to express their views on design and highlight potential for community benefit (e.g. opportunities for landscaping works or efforts to increase parking capacity) once an architect has been appointed and design works are underway

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council would like to provide an update on the project around Eagle Way in Shoeburyness.

The Strategic Housing project team has undertaken architectural works and is seeking advice through a pre-application meeting with the Local Planning Authority. The planning advice will then be fed into the design process and as a result will be progress to form the plans for a full planning application latter this year.

Please see below the site plans for the sites in Eagle Way and Anson Close