£6m grant will help build 620 new Crawley homes

Crawley has been granted millions to help build more homes.
Telford Place, Crawley (Pic by Jon Rigby) SUS-150408-090728008Telford Place, Crawley (Pic by Jon Rigby) SUS-150408-090728008
Telford Place, Crawley (Pic by Jon Rigby) SUS-150408-090728008

Crawley Borough Council has won a government grant worth more than £6m for two major housing projects.

The £6.4m grant from the Homes England’s Housing Infrastructure Fund will help build 620 new homes.

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A council spokesman said: “Telford Place in the town centre will receive £2m to bring forward development while £4.4m will go towards infrastructure that enables new homes to be built in Forge Wood, Crawley’s newest neighbourhood.

Telford Place, Crawley (Pic by Jon Rigby) SUS-150408-090717008Telford Place, Crawley (Pic by Jon Rigby) SUS-150408-090717008
Telford Place, Crawley (Pic by Jon Rigby) SUS-150408-090717008

“As part of the council’s housing development plans, key town centre site Telford Place will receive funding to provide an alternative access to the site, which had only supported up to 100 units.

“This additional access will enable more than 200 extra homes to be built.”

Clarion Housing Group is the council’s partner to build the 313 new homes.

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These will be a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom apartments on the 1.85 acre site, which is currently used as a temporary car park.

About half the homes will be available for private sale, with the remainder consisting of shared ownership homes and 87 council homes charged at affordable rents.

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Clarion held consultation events in October and November in the town centre, giving residents more information about the proposed development.

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A planning application is expected to be submitted by the end of the year, with a view to starting on site early in 2019, said the council.

A total of £4,423,280 will be spent on an acoustic barrier and commercial building at Forge Wood, which will allow the development of 420 homes, including 183 affordable.

These will be a part of the 1,900 homes which make up the neighbourhood. Of these, 760 will be affordable.

Councillor Michael Jones, Cabinet member for Housing at Crawley Borough Council, said: “We are determined to provide as many new homes as we possibly can; this confirmation of funding is a major step towards 733 units being built. This will make it easier for us in our efforts to significantly reduce the numbers of households on our waiting list here in the borough.

“Our ambition is to deliver more than 1,000 new council homes for people in Crawley over the next few years and this funding is helping us towards that.”