Plans for 1,500-home ‘smart town’ pulled over viability concerns

By Carl Brown2024-07-15T09:38:00

£2.3bn coastal project designed by Poundbury-architect Léon Krier have been withdrawn

A plan to build a 1,500-home ‘smart town’ on the site of a disused power station has been pulled due to the developer’s concern over viability.

Fawley Waterside, a company set up by landowner Aldred Drummond alongside investors, had received planning permission to build homes on a 300-acre site formerly housing Fawley Housing power station.

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