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Bell Cornwell Projects
Mixed use development involving conversion of listed buildings
and new build development – Former Shoeburyness Garrison,
Shoeburyness, Essex
Client: Gladedale Homes
Architects: Hawkins Brown
Local Authority: Southend Borough Council
The vacant barracks and buildings were the subject of a
Development Brief prepared by the Council and the MoD. Gladedale
Homes purchased the site on the basis of the Development Brief with
a view to seeking planning permission for a mixed use development to
provide homes, commercial development and leisure and community
uses. The development required the restoration and conversion of
existing listed buildings on the site and appropriate new build
development.
The challenge was to create a mixed and distinctive neighbourhood of
over 400 dwellings, combining sympathetic contemporary new build
development to complement the restored historic buildings and
overall character of the site. The site required reinforcement of
decaying sea defences to ensure the site was protected for the long
term. It also demanded the restoration of the parade ground and
cricket pitch and the creation of a heritage centre.
Bell Cornwell assisted in this process by obtaining an outline
planning permission followed by various reserved matters approvals
to secure the delivery of a high quality development which was
identified as an exemplar project by English Heritage in the
publication The Government’s Statement on the Historic Environment
for England.
Bell Cornwell also gained approval at appeal for the last phase of
the residential development, which comprised 94 dwellings of a
contemporary design adjacent to the conservation area and its listed
buildings heritage assets.
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