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New Monks Farm Development
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Return of the Rev
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Pleased to say we have never been to ikea and have no desire to ever visit,rather it was turned into a wetland nature reserve but hey thats never going to happen . So if TB can start clawing money back from this its not a bad thing.
Neville's Breakfast
Well-known member
For a box of wooden pieces and unintelligible instructions ? It's not much of a perk !
Kuipers Supporters Club
Well-known member
Restart the Seagulls Party, Bloom at the helm. With Politics like this he could be in Number 10.
Hotchilidog
Well-known member
- Jan 24, 2009
- 8,711
Excellent news. A much coveted retail outlet, new homes of which a significant amount are meant to be what ever passes for affordable these days, a new school to that will help the families moving in and a crap load of jobs. Superb stuff. The land had been earmarked for developement in the local plan so I'm delighted that we are able to take advantage.
The other benefit is that Tony will get a return on his investment without that return coming from the football club.
The other benefit is that Tony will get a return on his investment without that return coming from the football club.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,221
That's the stadium naming rights sorted for when the Amex deal runs out then. But will we still all call it The Amex?
Oh, and some marvellous new IKEA Park'n'Ride possibilities from West Sussex open up that may allow large numbers of fans to bypass the unfit for purpose train service.
It's all good from an Albion point of view.
Postman Pat
Well-known member
Shoreham airport train station?
This could become a new park and ride side for those coming from the west too for evening games I guess.
Can this Alan Keys play right back?
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
He's very versatile..
I think the IKEA car park might be a little busy on Saturdays. Oh right yeah, football doesn't happen on Saturdays anymore does it, carry on.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
As someone who works in Lancing, supports the Albion and will be putting a tender in hopefully for the flooring in the new builds I think this is wonderful.
Great news for the local economy and much needed housing, and will not to mention hopefully secure the long term future of the Albion.
IKEA will finally be coming to Sussex as part of a £170 million development led by Brighton and Hove Albion, The Argus can reveal.
The Swedish furniture giant’s first Sussex store will be built alongside 600 new homes and a primary school as part of the major redevelopment of a former landfill site off the A27.
The development is set to create more than 1,000 jobs in total, contribute £11 million to the local economy and bring £40 million of transport improvements including the removal of the Sussex Pad traffic lights.
The plans at New Monks Farm in Lancing represent the biggest project financially in Albion’s history – larger even than its award-winning stadium.
It is hoped that Ikea could be opened by summer 2019 with the mix of houses and flats delivered over an eight year period.
A £20 million investment in new warehouses at Shoreham Airport will “secure the long-term future of the airport”.
A 28 hectare country park is planned to maintain a green gap between Lancing and Shoreham while Albion will form a management company to deal with flood risk issues on the site.
Thirty per cent of the homes will be affordable, the club is in detailed discussions with Cala Homes to deliver the housing on site.
Adur District Council will benefit from £2.75 million in council tax and business rates from the completed scheme.
Martin Perry, director of Albion subsidiary New Monks Farm Development Ltd, said the scheme would bring huge benefits to the local economy while helping to protect the club’s neighbouring £30 million training ground and pay off some of the £200 million chairman Tony Bloom had invested into the club.
He added: “In addition to the significant employment generated through this development by IKEA, 600 homes for local families will be created, supported by a new primary school, a country park and replacing the Sussex Pad traffic lights with a major new roundabout on the A27 will improve the situation for commuters and open up new job opportunities on Shoreham Airport.”
The 35,000sqm IKEA store will include a restaurant, crèche and children’s play area creating 430 full and part-time jobs in customer relations, sales, interior design and food services.
IKEA real estate manager Tim Farlam said: “This site presents a great opportunity, given its scale, accessibility and location.
“A new store here would provide people from the greater Brighton area with relevant home furnishing solutions and will create local jobs.”
Councillor Neil Parkin, Adur District Council leader, said he was pleased to see strong investment interest being shown in Lancing.
He added: “We are clear that we want to attract world class developments which create homes and jobs for local people.
“The proposal must fully address concerns the local community has around flooding and sustainable development at this key site through a clear and convincing business case.”
Brighton and Hove City Council leader, councillor Warren Morgan, welcomed the news.
He said: “Brighton and Hove City Council helped IKEA review sites within the city with a view to finding a home for a new store but we were unable to find anywhere that was suitable.
“We are delighted that IKEA is locating within the greater Brighton area, particularly given their commitment as a real living wage employer.
“The jobs and training opportunities that the new store will bring is great news for everyone living in the greater Brighton region.”
THE SEAGULLS AND THE SWEDES COULD BE A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
SUSSEX has been trying to wow Swedish trendsetters IKEA for years.
Sites in Crawley and Ferring were mooted but nothing ever materialised.
The statement IKEA issued last week to local media was the same issued in 2013; it had been considering Sussex for a long time but never found the right location. That is until Albion entered the fray and snapped them up.
Executive director Martin Perry said: “IKEA have been looking around, they did a review of sites in Brighton and we were aware of this interest.
“We approached them, they came and looked at the site, liked it and it went from there.”
Mr Perry said IKEA was an ideal partner because they shared a similar ethos.
He said: “IKEA share our values, they are exemplar employers, they are a real living wage employer.
“IKEA have very strong sustainability credentials, wherever possible they like brownfield sites and this site ticked that box because it was used for landfill.”
There was also a financial necessity for bringing in IKEA – few retailers operate on a similar scale.
Mr Perry said: “The costs of the infrastructure are massive. This development secures the airport’s long-term future but you have to fund it so you need a substantial development.
“That’s why IKEA is the perfect solution. What they provide goes towards the more than £40 million infrastructure costs.”
The project has been in the club’s thinking since gaining permission for its £30 million training ground in 2012.
Last year the club bought up the 150-acre site which has planning for a golf course.
Mr Perry said: “When we bought the training ground site we were very conscious that it was in the local plan and was going to be developed.
“Having invested more than £30 million, it was important we protected our investment.
“The key issue was making sure the flood risk was dealt with on an ongoing basis so the best course of action was to develop it ourselves.”
The flood risk of concreting over absorbent fields is one of the biggest concerns residents have. Adur District Council describes the site as having “some flood risk issues”. The site is graded flood zone 3a, the second highest Environment Agency rating.
Mr Perry said: “We have prepared a flood risk assessment which shows not only will the development not increase the flooding risk, it will improve the situation for residents of Manor Close which, in severe weather, floods.
“We will form a management company to deal with ongoing maintenance and protect the whole area of the development, our training ground and Manor Close.”
To accommodate new residents and thousands of IKEA shoppers, a new road system is proposed to the west of the Sussex Pad.
Mr Perry said: “Highways England’s aspiration is to create one junction opening up the whole development, they don’t want a junction here, a junction there, a junction there.
“The Sussex Pad is not in a brilliant location so we are proposing to move it down into a significant junction, a signalised roundabout the size of a football pitch.
“It will make it much safer and create a linkage across the road for cyclists, pedestrians and equestrians to access the South Downs.”
For the club, the new development marks the latest in a decade of major investments beginning with the rumbling of diggers in 2008 at Falmer.
Mr Perry said: “In terms of development cost it’s bigger than the stadium, it’s about the same number of jobs.
“If you add together all our economic activities, we have created more than 2,000 jobs and we will be contributing around £50 million to the local economy.”
All that development has been bankrolled by the deep pockets of Albion chairman Tony Bloom.
It is hoped New Monks Farm could begin to repay that generosity.
Mr Perry said: “Clearly there is a profit. It’s not spectacular, but we will make a developer’s profit.
“If somebody says to me we’re just doing it to make money, the fact is Tony Bloom has put more than £200 million into this football club so if we can repay some of that, or reduce that burden, as well as all these other benefits, then I don’t feel guilty about that.
“The creation of 2,000 jobs from the developments he has undertaken is absolutely huge.”
THE New Monks Farm development in numbers:
£170 million total investment creating more than 1,000 jobs
35,000 square metre IKEA store creating 875 jobs
600 new houses and flats – 30 per cent of them affordable
£40 million road improvements including new roundabout
Contribution to local economy £11 million
Contribution to council £2.75 million
28-hectare park, new primary school and community centre
Relocated traveller site from A27 layby – expanded to 16 pitches
Albion’s total contribution to the economy – £50 million and 2,000 jobs.
Dates for the diary:
Public exhibition tomorrow from 2pm to 8pm at the Shoreham Centre in Pond Road
Public exhibition, Saturday from 10am to 2pm at the Shoreham Centre
Public exhibition, Wednesday from 4pm to 8pm at Lancing Parish Hall
Planning application submitted by end of February/ beginning of March
Adur planning committee expected to make decision around June
Work on the first phase of housing could begin by the end of the year
Work on new A27 junction beginning summer 2018
New junction and IKEA to open by summer 2019.
Final section of housing to be completed by 2025.
Great news for the local economy and much needed housing, and will not to mention hopefully secure the long term future of the Albion.
IKEA will finally be coming to Sussex as part of a £170 million development led by Brighton and Hove Albion, The Argus can reveal.
The Swedish furniture giant’s first Sussex store will be built alongside 600 new homes and a primary school as part of the major redevelopment of a former landfill site off the A27.
The development is set to create more than 1,000 jobs in total, contribute £11 million to the local economy and bring £40 million of transport improvements including the removal of the Sussex Pad traffic lights.
The plans at New Monks Farm in Lancing represent the biggest project financially in Albion’s history – larger even than its award-winning stadium.
It is hoped that Ikea could be opened by summer 2019 with the mix of houses and flats delivered over an eight year period.
A £20 million investment in new warehouses at Shoreham Airport will “secure the long-term future of the airport”.
A 28 hectare country park is planned to maintain a green gap between Lancing and Shoreham while Albion will form a management company to deal with flood risk issues on the site.
Thirty per cent of the homes will be affordable, the club is in detailed discussions with Cala Homes to deliver the housing on site.
Adur District Council will benefit from £2.75 million in council tax and business rates from the completed scheme.
Martin Perry, director of Albion subsidiary New Monks Farm Development Ltd, said the scheme would bring huge benefits to the local economy while helping to protect the club’s neighbouring £30 million training ground and pay off some of the £200 million chairman Tony Bloom had invested into the club.
He added: “In addition to the significant employment generated through this development by IKEA, 600 homes for local families will be created, supported by a new primary school, a country park and replacing the Sussex Pad traffic lights with a major new roundabout on the A27 will improve the situation for commuters and open up new job opportunities on Shoreham Airport.”
The 35,000sqm IKEA store will include a restaurant, crèche and children’s play area creating 430 full and part-time jobs in customer relations, sales, interior design and food services.
IKEA real estate manager Tim Farlam said: “This site presents a great opportunity, given its scale, accessibility and location.
“A new store here would provide people from the greater Brighton area with relevant home furnishing solutions and will create local jobs.”
Councillor Neil Parkin, Adur District Council leader, said he was pleased to see strong investment interest being shown in Lancing.
He added: “We are clear that we want to attract world class developments which create homes and jobs for local people.
“The proposal must fully address concerns the local community has around flooding and sustainable development at this key site through a clear and convincing business case.”
Brighton and Hove City Council leader, councillor Warren Morgan, welcomed the news.
He said: “Brighton and Hove City Council helped IKEA review sites within the city with a view to finding a home for a new store but we were unable to find anywhere that was suitable.
“We are delighted that IKEA is locating within the greater Brighton area, particularly given their commitment as a real living wage employer.
“The jobs and training opportunities that the new store will bring is great news for everyone living in the greater Brighton region.”
THE SEAGULLS AND THE SWEDES COULD BE A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
SUSSEX has been trying to wow Swedish trendsetters IKEA for years.
Sites in Crawley and Ferring were mooted but nothing ever materialised.
The statement IKEA issued last week to local media was the same issued in 2013; it had been considering Sussex for a long time but never found the right location. That is until Albion entered the fray and snapped them up.
Executive director Martin Perry said: “IKEA have been looking around, they did a review of sites in Brighton and we were aware of this interest.
“We approached them, they came and looked at the site, liked it and it went from there.”
Mr Perry said IKEA was an ideal partner because they shared a similar ethos.
He said: “IKEA share our values, they are exemplar employers, they are a real living wage employer.
“IKEA have very strong sustainability credentials, wherever possible they like brownfield sites and this site ticked that box because it was used for landfill.”
There was also a financial necessity for bringing in IKEA – few retailers operate on a similar scale.
Mr Perry said: “The costs of the infrastructure are massive. This development secures the airport’s long-term future but you have to fund it so you need a substantial development.
“That’s why IKEA is the perfect solution. What they provide goes towards the more than £40 million infrastructure costs.”
The project has been in the club’s thinking since gaining permission for its £30 million training ground in 2012.
Last year the club bought up the 150-acre site which has planning for a golf course.
Mr Perry said: “When we bought the training ground site we were very conscious that it was in the local plan and was going to be developed.
“Having invested more than £30 million, it was important we protected our investment.
“The key issue was making sure the flood risk was dealt with on an ongoing basis so the best course of action was to develop it ourselves.”
The flood risk of concreting over absorbent fields is one of the biggest concerns residents have. Adur District Council describes the site as having “some flood risk issues”. The site is graded flood zone 3a, the second highest Environment Agency rating.
Mr Perry said: “We have prepared a flood risk assessment which shows not only will the development not increase the flooding risk, it will improve the situation for residents of Manor Close which, in severe weather, floods.
“We will form a management company to deal with ongoing maintenance and protect the whole area of the development, our training ground and Manor Close.”
To accommodate new residents and thousands of IKEA shoppers, a new road system is proposed to the west of the Sussex Pad.
Mr Perry said: “Highways England’s aspiration is to create one junction opening up the whole development, they don’t want a junction here, a junction there, a junction there.
“The Sussex Pad is not in a brilliant location so we are proposing to move it down into a significant junction, a signalised roundabout the size of a football pitch.
“It will make it much safer and create a linkage across the road for cyclists, pedestrians and equestrians to access the South Downs.”
For the club, the new development marks the latest in a decade of major investments beginning with the rumbling of diggers in 2008 at Falmer.
Mr Perry said: “In terms of development cost it’s bigger than the stadium, it’s about the same number of jobs.
“If you add together all our economic activities, we have created more than 2,000 jobs and we will be contributing around £50 million to the local economy.”
All that development has been bankrolled by the deep pockets of Albion chairman Tony Bloom.
It is hoped New Monks Farm could begin to repay that generosity.
Mr Perry said: “Clearly there is a profit. It’s not spectacular, but we will make a developer’s profit.
“If somebody says to me we’re just doing it to make money, the fact is Tony Bloom has put more than £200 million into this football club so if we can repay some of that, or reduce that burden, as well as all these other benefits, then I don’t feel guilty about that.
“The creation of 2,000 jobs from the developments he has undertaken is absolutely huge.”
THE New Monks Farm development in numbers:
£170 million total investment creating more than 1,000 jobs
35,000 square metre IKEA store creating 875 jobs
600 new houses and flats – 30 per cent of them affordable
£40 million road improvements including new roundabout
Contribution to local economy £11 million
Contribution to council £2.75 million
28-hectare park, new primary school and community centre
Relocated traveller site from A27 layby – expanded to 16 pitches
Albion’s total contribution to the economy – £50 million and 2,000 jobs.
Dates for the diary:
Public exhibition tomorrow from 2pm to 8pm at the Shoreham Centre in Pond Road
Public exhibition, Saturday from 10am to 2pm at the Shoreham Centre
Public exhibition, Wednesday from 4pm to 8pm at Lancing Parish Hall
Planning application submitted by end of February/ beginning of March
Adur planning committee expected to make decision around June
Work on the first phase of housing could begin by the end of the year
Work on new A27 junction beginning summer 2018
New junction and IKEA to open by summer 2019.
Final section of housing to be completed by 2025.
The Birdman
New member
Great news for jobs but the best news Swedish meatballs on the Amex menu.
Return of the Rev
Well-known member
How much did the Albion pay for the site? Was it included in the original £30 million training facility cost? What will be the profit £30/£40 million?
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
How much did the Albion pay for the site? Was it included in the original £30 million training facility cost? What will be the profit £30/£40 million?
I think if you include the lease of the land on the properties, the rent from ikea and an average price range between 300k- 500k for the houses it is a lot more than that.
I think he's better deployed slotting into the hole
pishhead
Well-known member
This seems like an absolute master stroke by our esteemed leader. I would hazard a guess that this development will pay for the training ground.
Well played sir.
Well played sir.
Indeed, it's amazing they got hold of the land before a developer really
Makes you wonder what other plans are afoot for football clubs to make money outside of the traditional areas. I know QPR are working on at least one development too.
http://www.oaklandsregeneration.co.uk/background.html
The Birdman
New member
It's shame it's not open now I got to drive to Croydon IKEA to get some picture frames it's a nightmare.
What great planning by the Albion and the Houses are much needed but with employment as well and country park + primary school and community facilities. Maybe Brighton city council will let TB have his Hotel now Brighton football club is a great community club and deserves the backing of the Sussex communities and authorities.
What great planning by the Albion and the Houses are much needed but with employment as well and country park + primary school and community facilities. Maybe Brighton city council will let TB have his Hotel now Brighton football club is a great community club and deserves the backing of the Sussex communities and authorities.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
I bet Brighton council are sick that they didn't get this development. In fact it's interesting that Warren Morgan refer to the site as Greater Brighton...
Regency Gull
Member
This land is going to be built on and its great it is a attractive shop and homes, and more importantly for the local area a school.
Having said that the major problem with this is the traffic it will add to an already completely overloaded area.
From the airport through to the other side of Chichester is a series of unfinished and incoherent traffic measure which cause numerous hold ups. Without getting into Arundel and the Chichester roundabouts, this development will cause even more pressure on the Lyons farm bottleneck which is terrible most of the time. There are only two roads from Shoreham to Worthing - along the coast or through Lyons Farm both, during many hours of the day are awful.
There has to be a plan to sort this bit of road properly, adding a roundabout at the Sussex Pad will just see more queues on the Adur bridge before you get to the queues at Lancing Manor roundabout, before Lyons Farm, before Broadwater, before Arundel, before Fontwell, before Chichester.
Having said that the major problem with this is the traffic it will add to an already completely overloaded area.
From the airport through to the other side of Chichester is a series of unfinished and incoherent traffic measure which cause numerous hold ups. Without getting into Arundel and the Chichester roundabouts, this development will cause even more pressure on the Lyons farm bottleneck which is terrible most of the time. There are only two roads from Shoreham to Worthing - along the coast or through Lyons Farm both, during many hours of the day are awful.
There has to be a plan to sort this bit of road properly, adding a roundabout at the Sussex Pad will just see more queues on the Adur bridge before you get to the queues at Lancing Manor roundabout, before Lyons Farm, before Broadwater, before Arundel, before Fontwell, before Chichester.