Council launches search for design team for 拢5m reconstruction of historic pier head

Southend Borough Council has launched a search for a design team for the 拢5m rebuilding of its pier head, which was destroyed in a fire in 2005.

The council wants teams comprising an architect, landscape architect and structural engineer to design a pier head building and a landscaped route linking it to Southend train station.

In the design brief, the council said it wanted to 鈥渢ry and recapture the past glories of the pier鈥�, a 1.34-mile structure built in 1830. The pier head was destroyed by fire in 2005, and has remained in a derelict condition ever since.

The appointment of a design team is dependent on a successful funding application for a 拢4m Cabe Sea Change grant.

Design teams have until 15 June to submit expressions of interest. A winner will be announced in early September.

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