Teville Gate is a construction site and car park in Worthing in West Sussex, England. Covering about the site lies at the main entrance to the town centre of Worthing for both rail, via Worthing railway station, and road, via the A24 and A27. The site is bounded by Railway Approach to the north, the A24 Broadwater Road to the east, the A2031 Teville Road to the south and Grand Victorian Hotel to the west. Teville Gate takes its name from the former tollgate that stood on the site for the Worthing to West Grinsteadturnpike, close to the Teville Stream which flows through the area.
Proposed developments
1998 Farrho proposal
A scheme from 1998 would seen a new cinema built in place of the multi-storey car park.
A £150 million development was put forward by Hanson which would have included more than 200 flats in twin towers, conference centre, hotel, multiplex cinema and supermarket received planning permission in 2010.
In 2015 ownership of the site was divided between Mosaic, which took control of the majority of the site, with Hanson retaining the former Teville Gate House. With planning approval given in June 2019, by 2020 Hanson had begun work on constructing a £29 million five-storey office block for HM Revenue and Customs. HMRC expects to move into the new building, one of five specialist sites across the UK, by March 2021. The building will replace its existing site at Barrington Road in Goring, to the west and will house around 900 full-time equivalent employees, including IT and digital services, human resources and finance roles.
In 2018 AROS Architects designed new proposals for the site, named Station Square, which went out to consultation. In February 2019 Mosaic submitted a £93 million proposal to include 378 homes, a supermarket, an 83-bed hotel, gym and space for some retail and restaurants. The application includes 3 buildings, including one main towers, rising to a maximum of 22 storeys. LCE Architects modified part of the 2018 designs from AROS to include changing block A at the corner of Teville Road and Broadwater Road to reflect the local influence of Art Deco within Worthing. A decision was expected to be given on the planning application for the rest of the site owned by Mosaic on 4 March 2020. If built, Block C would be the tallest building in Worthing at tall, taller than Bayside which stands at tall.
Previous uses of the site
Teville Common - in the 17th to early 19th centuries land by the Teville Stream formed the Teville Common, which was used as common land for the grazing of livestock. When the direct Worthing to West Grinstead turnpike opened in 1802 a turnpike gate was put up near the Teville pond. The gate was removed in 1823 following protests.
Victorian houses - over the 19th century, homes were built along Teville Road and Railway Approach
Teville Gate shopping centre - was built in the 1960s. Its multi-storey car park was demolished in June 2018. The £1.6 million demolition cost was funded from the Local Growth Fund provided by the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership.
