Time-lapse video shows Crawley town hall redevelopment

The hall, in The Boulevard, was taken down as part of a £150m regeneration of the town centre.

It’s been a long time coming. The original plan was to demolish the building in 2018. This was delayed until October last year and the site has been fenced off since then.

The borough council and development firm Westrock have appointed construction firm Kier – which has a base in Crawley – to build the new town hall on the Civic Hall site.

A second video has been published showing how the nine-storey building – including 77,000 sq ft of office space – will be built.

The work is scheduled to be finished in late 2021.

A public square will be created outside the new building.

Once the new town hall is open, the rest of the old building, including the landmark tower block, will be demolished to make way for the final phase of redevelopment.

This will see a ten-storey block of 182 flats built, with ground-floor commercial space, looking out on to the new public square.

Link to YouTube video showing development of the new town hall 

Link to time lapse video showing demolition of the civic hall

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