The homes have stood at the top of the beach in Hove for more than 100 years, and each has a short stretch of shingle leading to the sea The planning application for the project, written by JBA Consulting, says: 'The shingle beach along the frontage provides the main form of coastal defence and is controlled by a series of timber, rock, masonry and concrete groynes. The 15-year project will protect not just the houses in the seafront row, but also nearby businesses including Shoreham Power Station and Shoreham Sewage Pumping Station.īrighton and Hove City Council is contributing £6.3million, while the rest is coming from Adur District Council, Shoreham Port Authority and the Government, which has approved more than £12million in funding. The owners of the properties are contributing £81,061 - or £6,700 each - to the overall cost of the taxpayer-funded scheme.

They have stood there for more than 100 years, and each comes with a short stretch of shingle beach leading to the sea. Known as the Western Esplanade, the prestigious properties were once home to Adele, Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, actor Nick Berry and writer Robert Graves. The rock defences would stretch for around 261m around the 12 homes and along the beach and would be some 3m high.

Fatboy Slim, aka Norman Cook, and Walliams own homes in a row of 12 beachfront properties and will benefit from a multi-million-pound plan to slow coastal erosion on the coastĪround 15,000 tons of granite would heaped on to the shingle beaches nearby in an attempt to keep the homes from being washed into the sea.

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