Victoria Road, Worthing

About the site

The site of the old RAF Air cadets temporary buildings in Victoria Road will be redeveloped to create 11 new energy-efficient council properties for families with children.

The new flats, close to Worthing town centre, will be built to Passivhaus standards, which means they will be so well constructed, insulated and ventilated that they need very little energy to heat or cool, so residents will have far lower fuel bills.

We've secured £770,000 of funding from Homes England, the government's national housing and regeneration agency, to help pay for the construction.

These new flats will mean we can help local families who are at risk of becoming homeless, including those we are currently having to temporarily house outside the borough.

We hope the first families will be able to move into the flats this winter.

The original site in 2022:

Photos: The old RAF Air Cadets site in Victoria Road in Worthing - building viewed through entrance gates

October 2024

Our contractor, Sunninghill, will shortly move onto the site to start work on the new flats. In recent days, bushes and shrubbery has been removed from the site, under the supervision of an ecologist, in advance of the main construction teams moving in.

November 2024

Sunninghill has now started the groundworks. Last month members of the Sunninghill team and some of our officers held an open session at Worthing Town Hall for residents to ask questions and give us their thoughts about the upcoming work. We're grateful to everyone who came out to speak to us and will ensure we do everything we can to minimise the impact of the project on the neighbours.

January 2025

Our contractors have resumed work post-Christmas on the construction of our 11 new energy-efficient council homes. Over the coming weeks the first foundations of the new homes will begin to appear on the site.

March 2025

The substructure blockwork has now been completed. Draining runs, water mains and sewerage pipes are all in place and work is now underway on the ground floor walls.

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