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Seaton Regeneration

Under the Council’s Thriving Economy priority set out in its  Corporate Strategy (42KB - 07 September 2010 - PDF Help), is a commitment to delivering economic growth through regeneration, particularly in Exmouth and Seaton.

We are working with the community through Seaton Regeneration Programme Board to bring forward significant improvements to the town.

These include a complete re-development of an area off Harbour Road to include a new supermarket, residential development, Jurassic Coast Interpretation Centre and expansion of the Axe Wetlands

The Public Sector and Private Enterprise are working together with community organisations on a clutch of imaginative schemes designed to give this historic East Devon town a world-class visitor offering and a vibrant retail centre.

Millions are being invested in a new supermarket and housing development, a Jurassic Coast Interpretation Centre, new Tourist Information Centre and Wetlands Nature Reserve. The aim is to capitalise on the town’s special attractions of World Heritage Coast and wildlife sanctuary, viewable on foot, by bike, or from the unique Seaton Tramway.

The ‘Seaton Regeneration Area’ lies between Seaton town centre, the seafront, Axmouth Harbour, the Axe riverside and Seaton Marshes.

The aim is to provide a high quality gateway to Seaton and to enhance its role as a visitor destination, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

The Regeneration Area will also play an important retail, commercial and residential part in the future of the town, integrating key attractions such as the Seaton Tramway, Seaton Marshes and the Axe Estuary and providing further visitor facilities.

In August 2009, East Devon District Council granted planning permission for a Tesco supermarket close to The Underfleet.

There are also plans for residential development on part of the former holiday camp site and for a Jurassic Coast Interpretation Centre to be built within the regeneration area.

Delivering these separate – but linked – projects will depend on raising the level of the site and pumping public and private funding into the visitor centre scheme. Tesco are building a new store on part of the site and funding from them will be used by EDDC towards the cost of the Interpretation Centre.

Alongside this, EDDC’s Countryside Team are working with other partners to enlarge and enhance the Axe Estuary Wetlands nature reserve, which is already a major attraction for visitors who enjoy the scenery and wildlife on foot, by bike or from the unique Seaton Tramway.

The commercial and local government partners are working together to deliver these exciting projects to make Seaton even more special than it is now.

The partners include: East Devon District Council, Devon County Council, Seaton Town Council, Tesco, Seaton Tramway and the Axe Riverside Company.

Page last updated on 20 January 2012