Flats plan to be redesigned forRegency site

By The Newsroom
Published 16th Dec 2010, 09:25 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 02:42 BST
DEMOLITION of an historic Bognor Regency terrace, with links to one of the most famous painters of the 19th century has been put on hold for further discussions following a row about plans to replace it with a three-storey block of flats.

Although Belmont Lodge, in Belmont Street, had been used as solicitors’ officers for a number of years, it was one the home of acclaimed artist William Shakespeare Burton, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti used an adjacent one-storey coach house for painting. Artist and illustrator Rosetti was one of the most prominent members of the pre-Raphaelite movement.

Councillors last week ignored advice by planning officers to allow demolition of the terrace, which comprises Belmont Lodge and two associated properties, and insisted that there should be new designs for the proposed block of flats.