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Development company Boxpark has
received planning permission to create a
landmark seafront dining destination and
community cafe on Shoreham Beach.
The Brighton-based firm received
approval to create the Shoreham
Beachbox at a meeting of Adur District
Council’s Planning Committee.
It will see a run-down toilet block
transformed into a contemporary
multi-purpose split level cafe-restaurant
with a paved outdoor seating area
and roof terrace with coastal and
countryside views.
Public toilets will be retained and
upgraded within the building while
changing rooms, a centre for water
sports and community space for up
to 90 people will be made available to
local groups.
Speaking at the committee, developerssaid the coastal setting had inspired the
design of the building with the intention
of delivering the “best beachfront
cafe-restaurant in the UK.”
Councillor Brian Boggis, Adur District
Council’s executive member for
Regeneration, said, “There is no doubt
that Beach Green is a special place and,
providing this new exciting venue is
managed correctly, the Shoreham
Beachbox can bring immense benefits to
our area.”
When complete, it is expected that
about 25 jobs will be created while
developers have made a commitment to
use local contractors.
Roger Wade, CEO and founder of
Boxpark, said, “Our intention from the
start has always been to create the best
seafront cafe-restaurant in the UK. With
planning approval granted we have nowtaken a large step forward to achieving
that ambition. We now commit to
working with the community to make
sure we deliver on our promise.
“I’m confident that our plans will
transform this site, turning a run-down
block which is a hub for antisocial
behaviour into a vibrant destination
cafe-restaurant which will put Shoreham
Beach on the map.”Boxpark’s Shoreham Beachbox plans get the green light
RESTAURANTS & BARSOver 90 of the UK’s “community
beneficial” schemes went head-to-head for
top national accolades at the RICS Awards
Grand Final in October, with the UK’s first
purpose-built centre for the diagnosis,
support and research of autism taking the
UK Project of the Year title.
The annual awards ceremony “celebrates
the UK’s most inspirational built projects
that are having a significant positive impact
on the communities they serve.”
The £18m Caudwell International
Children’s Centre (CICC), set in the
grounds of Keele University in Newcastle-
under-Lyme, won the Design through
Innovation accolade, before gaining the
overall UK Project of the Year title for
demonstrating “outstanding best practice
and proving to be of monumental benefit
to its local area and wider economy.”
The CICC is transforming the waypeople with autism in the UK, and their
families, can be helped while also helping
to dramatically reduce the waiting time for
a diagnosis.
With a ‘butterfly’ shape roof, the CICC
offers inclusive design and sensory features- including curved corridors, colour
changing lighting and acoustic control
measures – to reduce anxiety for visitors
with neurodivergent conditions. It is also
attracting worldwide talent in the field of
autism thanks to its pioneering research
and diverse range of support services for
people with the condition.
Earlier this year the landmark building
won the ‘Design through Innovation’
category award as well as the ‘Project of
the Year, West Midlands’ title at its
regional RICS heat, which led to the
project being automatically entered into
the national RICS Awards Grand Final.
RICS Grand Final Judges commended
the project team for their collaborative
and co-ordinated approach to deliver what
they described as an inspirational building
of distinction, on time and within budget,
while exceeding UK accessibility and
sustainability standards.
Chair of the national RICS Judges,
David Brooks Wilson FRICS, chairman
and CEO at Noble Wilson said, “The
average waiting time to be assessed for
autism is at least two years, but the CICC
aims to help families get a diagnosis
within just six weeks. This allows the
CICC to provide vital early support
services to children with autism and hope
for thousands of families that may
otherwise have had to wait years for a
diagnosis and help in understanding their
child’s behaviour.”Autism centre wins RICS
‘Project of the Year’
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