Regeneration has become a stand out focus for the Rother District Council’s regeneration team. Rother’s rural coastal setting and outstanding scenery masks significant structural weaknesses in the local economy. Low wage levels, poor road and rail infrastructure, a dispersed rural population and an elderly demographic profile all provide significant challenges facing the Council in promoting the economic and social well-being of the district.
- Rother is about to embark on a new regeneration strategy that will speak to the county wide Growth Strategy and replace Rother’s Covid Economic Recovery strategy. This will focus on place and skills, looking at our rural and coastal areas to best understand how we can grow infrastructure, businesses and communities to bring about social and economic change.
- Levelling Up funding will enable new projects to take place across the district. For more information on Levelling Up please go to the links at the bottom of the page.
- The Council looks to develop projects that address evidence based gaps in provision. The Beeching Road Studios is a Council project which builds creative pathways for students into the sector. Artist Workspace Bexhill | Beeching Road Studios
The Regeneration team at the council are consistently applying themselves to achieving these objectives through various projects. The Council works closely with other agencies in delivering elements of the strategy and to achieve our ambitions and those of our partners. These include:
- 1066 Country of Origin Marketing in support of our tourism offer
- Business East Sussex Growth Hub for business support
The team also delivers on government schemes which support local regeneration projects including:
To keep up to date on these and other area of the Council’s work you can follow our socials through the links below.
