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![Port-of-Sheerness[1].jpg - Consulting engineering firm Royal Haskoning has been engaged by The Peel Group to prepare a masterplan for the Port of Sheerness in Kent. This is the preface to a fifteen year regeneration programme for the area, which will deliver a major port expansion and one of the largest regeneration projects in the South East of England. Regeneration plans could provide over 120 hectares of new land at the Port of Sheerness. The masterplan represents a major development that will not only allow for expansion of the port. It will also establish a new community, promenade, landmark marina, and a raft of new homes which will see the population increase by almost half, and aims to re-establish Sheerness as a visitor destination. The project proposal includes the creation of a major land reclamation in the Thames Estuary, which could potentially provide over 120 hectares of new land. This will be shared between the port and new development, and include new deep water berths to allow the port to expand its capacity, a new marina, new homes, retail, leisure and light industrial space. An additional consideration for the area is the restoration of its heritage, which dates back to the Sixteenth Century when Sheerness was used as a major naval base until its closure in the 1960’s. One of the key objectives of this project involves bringing many of the port’s Scheduled Ancient Monuments and Listed Buildings back into public use through conversion and restoration. Extensive local and regional consultation is about to commence with a planning application expected in 2013.](Port-of-Sheerness[1].jpg) |
| Projected expansion at Sheerness | Consulting engineering firm Royal Haskoning has been engaged by The Peel Group to prepare a masterplan for the Port of Sheerness in Kent. This is the preface to a fifteen year regeneration programme for the area, which will deliver a major port expansion and one of the largest regeneration projects in the South East of England. Regeneration plans could provide over 120 hectares of new land at the Port of Sheerness. The masterplan represents a major development that will not only allow for expansion of the port. It will also establish a new community, promenade, landmark marina, and a raft of new homes which will see the population increase by almost half, and aims to re-establish Sheerness as a visitor destination. The project proposal includes the creation of a major land reclamation in the Thames Estuary, which could potentially provide over 120 hectares of new land. This will be shared between the port and new development, and include new deep water berths to allow the port to expand its capacity, a new marina, new homes, retail, leisure and light industrial space. An additional consideration for the area is the restoration of its heritage, which dates back to the Sixteenth Century when Sheerness was used as a major naval base until its closure in the 1960’s. One of the key objectives of this project involves bringing many of the port’s Scheduled Ancient Monuments and Listed Buildings back into public use through conversion and restoration. Extensive local and regional consultation is about to commence with a planning application expected in 2013. | |
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