New homes for our residents: Ashcroft House, Shoreham-by-Sea

We want to create dozens of new homes for older Adur residents on the site of our former Ashcroft House sheltered housing and our eight empty bungalows next door in Kingston Lane, Shoreham.

The residents of the 21 flats at Ashcroft House were rehoused in 2020 after an assessment revealed the building needed urgent and extensive fire safety improvements. It was determined it would be more effective to replace the building with modern purpose-built sheltered accommodation, with gardens for the residents. Ashcroft House was then demolished early in 2024, ready for the site to be redeveloped.

Our plan is to enter into an agreement with Worthing Homes under which the housing association would build 56 one and two-bedroom sheltered accommodation flats on the land.

All of these flats would be allocated to individuals on our housing register. Worthing Homes would manage and maintain the building and the new residents would be tenants of the housing association.

The agreement is subject to Worthing Homes securing planning permission to demolish the eight bungalows and build 56 flats on the site. Funding from Homes England will also be required.

Worthing Homes hopes to submit a planning application in the next few months. Work could begin on site in 2025, with the new tenants ready to move into their new homes in 2027.

Photo: Ashcroft House, Shoreham-by-Sea (demolished in early 2024)

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