Sussex news bulletin on Thursday, September 14

SussexWorld reporter Sam Morton brings you the news making the headlines on Thursday, September 14

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00:00 Hello, I'm Sam Morton and here is your Daily Sussex News Bulletin on Thursday, September

00:04 14th.

00:05 Worthing's Cabinet has approved provisional proposals for Teffelgate to be transformed

00:10 into a housing development. Teffelgate, often considered to be Worthing's biggest eyesore,

00:15 is earmarked for a minimum of 250 homes in Worthing's local plan but has been underused

00:20 for many years. The Borough Council has revealed it will team up with national housing and

00:24 regeneration agency Homes England to transform Teffelgate for the community and create urgently

00:29 needed sustainable new homes. On Tuesday night, the Council's Cabinet agreed to proposals

00:34 to sell the derelict site to the UK Government's Housing and Regeneration Agency so it can

00:39 be transformed using government funding.

00:41 Meanwhile, a games arcade in Hastings Town Centre, which opened less than a year ago,

00:45 is closed until further notice. Owens, a family fun factory, opened at the former Debenhams

00:50 building in Robertson Street last October. On its Facebook page, the owner said "Due

00:55 to unforeseen circumstances, Owens will be closed until further notice. We apologise

00:59 for any inconvenience. Please keep an eye on social media for updates."

01:04 A sign has also been placed in the window of the attraction which reads "Due to health

01:07 and safety, we will be closing today with immediate effect. We apologise for any inconvenience

01:11 caused." They said any bookings can be refunded or moved to a new date.

01:16 Owens spans three floors of the 77,000 square foot building in Robertson Street. Attractions

01:21 include a football simulator, pool tables, duck-pin bowling, circus of illusions, table

01:27 tennis, pirate smuggler experience, 1066 experience and a bistro.

01:32 Finally, plans for a housing development in East Sussex have been refused at appeal. In

01:37 decision notice published on Monday, September 11th, a planning inspector has dismissed an

01:41 appeal connected with a housing development in Station Road, Northam. The proposals, which

01:46 had been refused by Rother District Council in February last year, involved replacing

01:49 an existing bungalow with two new homes. While details of these replacement buildings had

01:54 not been provided as part of the outline application, the Council reached a view that the site would

01:58 become dense and cramped as a result of an additional property.

02:01 For all of those stories and much more, you can see our website, sussexworld.co.uk.