Public webinar to be held for residents about Eastbourne’s Black Robin Farm project

Plans to develop Black Robin Farm, on Beachy Head Road, were approved, subject to conditions in February.

The project aims to bring an arts, education and cultural centre to be built on the South Downs and an expansion to the Towner art gallery.

The hub will be run by the Towner and expects about 100,000 visitors to visit each year.

Towner Eastbourne will be hosting the informational Zoom webinar on the Black Robin Farm project on Tuesday July 16 at 4.30pm to get resident’s feedback on the project as well as to answer any questions which have been submitted to the project leaders beforehand.

A spokesperson for the Towner said: "“The purpose of the webinar is for you to hear about the project’s plans and vision from Towner Director Joe Hill and the project’s lead architect, Fergus Fielden, and to answer your questions which will have been submitted beforehand.

“The webinar will be live captioned and we will also endeavour to meet any other access needs submitted to us before the webinar, ideally before July 9.

"Book your free space at the webinar here and we will email you the Zoom link plus a form to submit any questions or additional access requirements.

"Please note that the deadline for submitting questions in advance is July 9, although we will of course try our best to answer questions submitted after this date. The webinar will be recorded on Zoom and made available to view on our website at a later date for those who cannot attend.”

The Black Robin Farm project has been made possible following EBC’s successful £19.8 million bid to the government’s Levelling Up Fund – about £11 million of this has been invested into the Black Robin Farm Project.

Several objections were previously made to the plans, largely relating to the project’s supposed impact on the surrounding environment, as well as how the site’s accessbility and transport options will support the expected number of visitors.