Southern Water has submitted new plans to bring significant environmental improvements to the East Sussex coastline.

The company wants to build a £300 million wastewater treatment works and sludge recycling centre on land at Lower Hoddern Farm in Peacehaven. It will deliver modern wastewater treatment facilities to serve the communities between Hove and Peacehaven. The company’s original proposal was rejected by the Government in July 2007 following a public inquiry.

Southern Water has now prepared new proposals which respond to the comments made by two Secretaries of State. The new design combines new features, landshaping and planting to blend the proposals into the surrounding landscape. The new planning application was received by East Sussex County Council, the planning authority, in January 2008. More...

The view from the A259: 

How the newly-designed scheme would look from the A259

 
The current view from the A259

How our previous proposal would have looked from the A259