18 December (Part 3) - An update on Tesco’s Broadway bomb site
Herewith a Press Release from Sports Direct following their acquisition of the former Civic Offices site in Broadway.
Sports Direct has acquired the former Bexley Civic Centre site in Bexleyheath
from Tesco with a view to delivering a new mixed-use scheme which will kick
start the regeneration and deliver new jobs and homes in this part of the town centre.
The site, which has been vacant since the London Borough of Bexley Council
relocated to Watling Street in 2014, previously had detailed planning
permission for a new food superstore and ancillary retail and restaurant uses.
Following this acquisition, all buildings on the site have been demolished.
The redevelopment of the site represents an exciting opportunity to regenerate
one of the last strategic sites in this part of the Bexley to create a high
quality landmark scheme which will extend and complement the existing offer within the town centre.
A large mixed use development comprising of circa 6,000 SQM of commercial, which
will include a Sports Direct store and further retailers, which will be
incorporated within the proposed scheme which will generate hundreds of jobs.
New job opportunities will be created within the restaurant and ancillary retail
facilities, bringing substantial economic benefit to the local community.
It is also proposed to provide extensive new residential accommodation above the
retail uses, which will deliver a mixed use scheme and enliven this part of the town centre.
Sports Direct are liaising with London Borough of Bexley regarding the planning
application, which will be submitted late next year.
A spokesman from Sports Direct says: “We see this as a hugely exciting
opportunity to regenerate this part of the town centre with a high quality mixed
use development, including a new generation Sports Direct store and gym. We look
forward to engaging fully with the Council ahead of a planning application submission next year.”
It could be worse! I wonder how much Tesco has made out of that which Bexley
council will not be able to cash in on due to their flawed contract?