Southern Water’s £300 million scheme to provide improved wastewater treatment for Peacehaven and the Brighton and Hove area has been given planning permission by East Sussex County Council.

This follows confirmation from the Secretary of State that the council can award the permission after the authority gave support to the proposals in August.

Southern Water remains committed to working with the local community on this project and bringing unprecedented environmental improvements to this important stretch of the south coast.

The scheme would mean that the 95 million litres of wastewater generated every day by the people Peacehaven, Telscombe Cliffs, Saltdean, Ovingdean, Rottingdean, Woodingdean as well as Brighton and Hove would be fully treated for the first time in line with European quality standards.

The company wants to build a £300 million wastewater treatment works and sludge recycling centre on land at Lower Hoddern Farm in Peacehaven. It will deliver modern wastewater treatment facilities to serve the communities between Hove and Peacehaven.

The new design combines new features, landshaping and planting to blend the proposals into the surrounding landscape. More...

The view from the A259: 

How the newly-designed scheme would look from the A259

 
The current view from the A259

How our previous proposal would have looked from the A259