Have your say on Dovercourt's £9m Town Centre revamp

The Dovercourt Town Centre Improvement Corridor scheme is worth £9million with £6.7m coming from a successful bid by Tendring Council (TDC) and Essex County Council (ECC) for the government-funded Capital Regeneration Project.

While the remaining £2.3m will be provided by the two councils.

The revamp will see road and public realm improvements from Dovercourt railway station to Kingsway, a refurbishment of the town’s library to include Adult Community Learning, new housing in Victoria Street, and an overhaul of the Milton Road car park.

Initial plans had included new homes – a ‘core requirement’ of the Capital Regeneration Project - on the Milton Road car park site.

Overhaul - TDC's plans to 'overhaul' the Milton Road Car Park (Image: TDC)

Now the housing element of the project is set to be placed at Victoria Street, where Tendring Council has acquired two derelict sites.

Residents, businesses and visitors are now being encouraged to have their say on the Tendring Council-led parts of the scheme, including initial ideas and designs for the Milton Road site and the eyesore sites in Victoria Street.

The aim is to reinstate ground level parking at Milton Road and construct nine to 12 social housing residences on the Victoria Street sites – with all work being subject to planning permission following the public consultation.

Housing - The TDC proposal is to create 9 to 12 more social houses sites on Victoria Street (Image: TDC)

Ivan Henderson, deputy leader of the council, said: “Officers have been working hard on delivering this project and it’s great to be able to share the designs for the Tendring Council-led elements of the scheme with residents, businesses and visitors”.

“We would like to hear what they think about the proposals.”

As part of the four-week public consultation, which ends on August 7, the project team will run a drop-in consultation event at the former The Original Factory Shop site in Kingsway from noon until 8pm on July 17.

Information about the proposals will be available and people will have the opportunity to view the scheme designs, meet the project team and ask any questions.

Residents will also be asked for feedback over the Town Partnership’s plans as part of the Dovercourt High Street Accelerator programme – with the High Street receiving £237,000 to spend on improvements by March 2025.

To have your say online visit  tendringdc.gov.uk/consultations.