Littlehampton Seafront Scheme update 5 August 2024
Improvements to Littlehampton seafront are expected to begin in September. The summer holiday period will be kept free of construction work, but you will see some activity in late August to install temporary public toilets, so that these are ready when the main work starts.
It has taken longer than hoped to finalise a cost for the scheme and some design changes have been necessary to ensure the work stays in budget. It has been important to make sure that visitor experience is impacted as little as possible so most changes have involved choosing different materials or amending the design and layout of some features such as the climbing wall, water play, car park and marketplace. As part of the official process, a non-material amendment application will be submitted to planning to agree these changes.
The contractor is finalising phasing plans for the construction work, and these will be made available on our website when they are ready. There will be an opportunity for the public and businesses to find out more about the construction work at a ‘meet the contractor’ drop-in session. This is being held on Wednesday 14 August at the Windmill Entertainment Centre between 4pm and 7pm. For anyone unable to attend they can email questions to Project.Team@arun.gov.uk A summary of commonly asked questions with responses will be displayed on the project webpage following the session.