Let’s discuss the proposed West of Ifield 10,000 homes development by Homes England.
Homes England are looking to build up to 10,000 houses at West of Ifield.
Having reviewed these plans, we are concerned that the proposed development will cause significant ecological harm to our area, stretch the town’s infrastructure beyond what is sustainable, and ultimately fail to deliver housing the towns residents can actually afford.
Homes England have already purchased Ifield Golf Club land
Ifield Golf Club is a part of local history and is not a golf course of no consequence that can be thoughtlessly destroyed. Let’s not lose nearly 100 years of skilful and loving design and maintenance.
The proposed development
With this development there would be considerable loss of some beautiful green space. It would have a considerable impact on wildlife, and there are concerns about flooding, the lack of infrastructure and the pressure so many new homes would place on Crawley services, the route of the proposed Link Road, and whether or not affordable and social housing pledges will be met.
“We don’t want to see another great add-on to our town, with all the infrastructure that we need, especially when we’re struggling to provide jobs for our own people at the moment. We’ve got congestion, pollution, parking problems – we don’t need 10,000 homes on top of this.”
Peter Smith, Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development
Let’s discuss the proposed
West of Ifield development by
Homes England.
Please get in touch if you want to get involved in keeping a greener Sussex, or want to find out more about the proposed development.