Not sure about that plan based on the type of flats they will build. They could easily be cheap and nasty cramming in as many as they can thereby effectively extending the drug dealing bedsit ghetto that is the Pevensey/Susan's Road area.
Indeed. From a purely selfish perspective it's a shame they didn't also have a look at Eastbourne. We too have a massive old Debenhams store that's been empty for a while and is becoming an eyesore.