Plans for new homes in Shoreham move forward
Plans to build more than 50 homes for older residents on a former sheltered accommodation site in Shoreham have moved forward.
Adur District Council said it has completed the sale of land in Kingston Lane, making way for 57 new homes designed for older residents.
A complex of one and two-bedroom properties will be built across two and three-storey buildings on the former site of Ashcroft House and eight empty council bungalows. Planning permission for the scheme was granted in December 2025.
Worthing Homes purchased a 250-year lease of the land for £500,000.
A council spokesperson said: “All of the new homes will go to Adur residents on the council’s housing register, with the council continuing to select any new tenants for the whole length of the lease. Worthing Homes will manage and maintain the buildings, and the new residents will be tenants of the housing association.
"The homes will be a mix of one and two-bedroom properties, for people aged 60 or over. There will be communal lounges, sunrooms and outdoor gardens for the residents to enjoy. The buildings will also be energy efficient, with solar panels on the roof to generate renewable energy for the properties.”
Councillor Lee Cowen, Adur’s cabinet member for housing, added: “This partnership between ourselves and Worthing Homes will lead to dozens of purpose-built sheltered accommodation properties being built for older Adur residents.
“I’m looking forward to seeing this great new community develop.”
The authority said it decided the site should be redeveloped after inspections revealed that Ashcroft House needed urgent and extensive fire safety improvements.
The council spokesperson added: “It was determined it would be more effective to replace the building with modern purpose-built age-restricted accommodation, so the residents of the 21 flats at Ashcroft House were rehoused and the building was demolished.
“While Worthing Homes redevelops the site, the council will continue to focus its investment on improving the condition of its other homes. This includes spending up to £2 million refurbishing and improving a large number of its council homes that have fallen empty and which require significant investment before they can be lived in again.”