WEST SUSSEX: Manor Royal micro parks

Plans for a trio of micro parks to spruce up some of the tired corners of Manor Royal have been submitted to Crawley Borough Council.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Dec 2020, 12:15 BST

The applications, from the Manor Royal Business Improvement District (BID), focus on sites in Gatwick Road, Rutherford Way and Priestley Way.

The first of eight such sites, they were made possible thanks to a grant from Arts Council England and will include public art from the award-winning Dallas – Piece – Quintero studio, in London.

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The BID team has worked with designer Richard Wolfstrome and architects Allen Scott to come up with something suitable for the three sites.

A design statement submitted with the applications said the micro parks would ‘form a network of improved facilities, seating, outdoor meeting spaces, public realm, wayfaring which will bring a stronger sense of place through interventions that are creative, educational, surprising, informative and artistic. Ultimately bringing a sense of local ownership and pride’.

To view the plans, log on to planningregister.crawley.gov.uk and search for CR/2020/0780/FUL, CR/2020/0781/FUL and CR/2020/0782/FUL.

Karen Dunn , Local Democracy Reporting Service

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