Plans for Port Royal: the draft Local Plan and 30 new homes

The area grandly known as 'Port Royal' at the eastern end of Sidmouth's front looks rather sad:

> the dilapidated former Drill Hall:



Futures Forum: Become a Friend of Sidmouth Drill Hall

> the main feature: the public toilets and shelter with the best view along the South Coast:



Key agreement in Sidmouth Port Royal re-development - News - Sidmouth Herald
... and which witnessed the very sad death of a homeless person this winter:
Update: Shock as homeless man found dead on Sidmouth seafront | Exeter Express and Echo

> the vulnerable Alma Bridge:


Futures Forum: Sidmouth Beach Management Plan Steering Group ... "help by providing local knowledge and information..." Community Engagement event at Sidmouth Sailing Club on 6th March

'Something must be done': and this blog started life with the issue of Port Royal:
Futures Forum: Port Royal future: ‘Let’s get the community on board’

And there have been very different visions for the area over the years:
Port Royal Marina plans for Sidmouth revealed - BBC News
Council marks time on old Drill Hall blueprint - News - Sidmouth Herald
SIDMOUTH: Support needed to save town’s historic Drill Hall - View from Sidmouth

The latest plea for 'something to be done' was made at the Town Council:

Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: “Let’s hope the new year brings forward a solution to the eastern town.”

The District Council's vision for Port Royal focusses on provision for 30 new homes:

Breaking news & sport in Sidmouth | Sidmouth Herald

This is in the context of the draft Local Plan and its proposals for new housing:
Futures Forum: The District Council: housing numbers and neighbourhood plans: "It is important that we should encourage all our settlements to make themselves sustainable for the sake of generations to come."

Although this proposal has been on the drawing board for some time now:
Port Royal | Save Our Sidmouth
Sid Vale Association - LDF Response
Futures Forum: Public Examination of the New East Devon Local Plan ..... Sidmouth: the issues: The Knowle, Port Royal, Manstone Depot Residential Allocations

Could 'new homes at Port Royal' mean 'affordable'?
Futures Forum: East Devon and affordable housing: November 2012
Futures Forum: Public Examination of the New East Devon Local Plan ..... ..... SIDMOUTH: reports from 11th March



Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: mixed development
Futures Forum: Ham Lane Redevelopment Study - a mixed development for Port Royal



Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: Eastern Town then and now
Futures Forum: Gerald Counter's Sidmouth: an insight into Eastern Town
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