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Consultation 2021: What could West of Ifield look like

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The draft masterplan sets the framework for the delivery of homes, physical and social infrastructure, shops, community facilities and open spaces and how they can be arranged as a neighbourhood where people will want to live, work and relax.

The draft masterplan will:

  • Provide up to 3,250 homes (with 35% affordable). Homes of all types and tenures will meet the latest building standards and will contribute to achieving ambitious carbon reduction targets.
  • Create around 100 hectares (247 acres) of public open space – including a new country park, community spaces, sports pitches and play areas as well as protecting and enhancing Ifield Brook Meadows. Open spaces will also be used to help manage existing flood issues.
  • Provide a new neighbourhood centre with a range of shops, leisure, and community services / facilities.
  • Help to meet the pre-existing local need for a new secondary school, as well as a primary school and nursery facility.
  • Create up to 2 hectares / 4.94 acres (around the size of three football pitches) of employment area. The employment area will complement the role of Manor Royal, Gatwick and Crawley Town Centre and help realise local economic objectives.
  • Deliver a step change in the way residents travel with all homes within 15 minutes active travel time from community facilities via a network of pedestrian, cycle and low traffic routes.
  • Extend and integrate Crawley Fastway or other bus services into new sustainable transport interchanges and improved pedestrian and cycle access to key destinations.
  • Build the first phase of a new Crawley Western Link – a route for buses, cars, and bicycles which provides new connections between homes and jobs and helping to address existing issues in the local area.
  • Give the opportunity to existing and future residents to take responsibility for community assets – becoming custodians and providing stewardship to ensure that the long term needs of the community are met.
  • Should the West of Ifield be identified as a preferred strategic allocation for housing as part of the Horsham District Council Regulation 19 Local Plan, the final masterplan will take account of future policy requirements as well as the feedback from this consultation.

    What could West of Ifield look like

    The draft masterplan sets a framework for the delivery of homes, infrastructure, shops, community facilities and open spaces.

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