BRRB Welcomes Levelling Up Fund Award and Requests New Vision for Town Centre

The Bognor Regis Regeneration Board welcomes Arun District Council’s winning bid to the Levelling Up Fund, securing £19.4 million for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton town centres, as a successful example of collaboration and partnership working which will deliver tangible progress for both towns. The Board’s Chair, Raof Daud, stated “In an interview recently published by the Bognor Regis Observer regarding town centre regeneration, I made the strong point that the key to progress would be in a willingness to work together with co-ordination and compromise. The Board is very pleased that Arun District Council adopted a cross-party approach to develop the proposals for the Levelling Up Fund bid and a wide range of stakeholders supported the application, resulting in the successful award of over £19 million; this shows that delivering through partnership works. The Board and its members congratulate the Councillors and Officers at Arun District Council and look forward to working with our partners to bring the Alexandra Theatre project to fruition.”

Rebecca White, the Board’s Advisor, noted, “This is fantastic news for Bognor Regis town centre and combined with the £1.8 million Place St Maur redevelopment will make a real and visible difference to this important site. There are so many other opportunities for improvement in the town centre and it’s vital that there is some joined-up thinking in terms of the projects and initiatives, whether large or small, that are brought forward. We are therefore really encouraged by ADC’s plan to review the Town Centre Masterplan as part of the Economic Development Action Plan. This should be prioritised to ensure that all the town centre partners can work together and support Bognor Regis’s post-Covid resurgence”.