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We’re excited to share our outline plans for new affordable housing in the heart of Crawley. Our partnership with Crawley Borough Council will seize the opportunity to convert a brownfield site into hundreds of new, affordable homes accessible to both young people, families and older age groups.

Our development will see the transformation of Telford Place, formerly a temporary car park currently owned by the local council, into a mix of 300 one, two and three-bedroom affordable apartments, creating the opportunity for all generations to get onto the housing ladder affordably – whether that be in the form of an age-appropriate retirement apartment with easy access to the town’s amenities, or a three-bedroom property with space for younger homeowners to start families.

The brownfield site will also have extensive communal facilities and a landscape strategy that will increase public open space and a commitment to sustainability, amongst many other green features such as electric vehicle charging points and renewable energy sources.

A public exhibition took place on May 11-13 at Crawley Library. The three-day event allowed interested residents the opportunity to view and comment on the outline proposals.

This feedback formed a part of the planning application that was submitted in June. The public exhibition was part of a far-reaching campaign of door-to-door engagement, advertising, and a succession of presentations to local organisations and stakeholders.

Telford Place is located opposite Crawley Library in the heart of Crawley town centre, just a seven-minute walk from Crawley train station and approximately one mile from Three Bridges train station, providing excellent access to London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
AHH will develop a mix of affordable one, two, and three-bedroom apartments on the site at Telford Place, subject to planning permission. The site was formerly a temporary car park and is being sold to AHH to deliver this mixed tenure affordable housing scheme.

Crawley Borough Council and AHH are working in partnership on a scheme to deliver more than 300 new affordable homes, as part of a £100m town centre regeneration project.

The proposal is for a residential-led community providing affordable apartments with communal facilities, under-croft parking and landscaped grounds, which includes a new access road leading in from Haslett Avenue East.

The new homes that are to be delivered by AHH would consist of shared ownership for first-time buyers, shared ownership for older persons as well as affordable rented homes operated by the council. AHH would operate the shared ownership properties.

The proposed development is complemented by the recently completed Eastern Gateway public realm scheme and the forthcoming Crawley Station Gateway scheme, both part of the £73 million Crawley Growth Programme, which is unlocking jobs, business space and home building in the town through major infrastructure improvements.

The creation of this much-needed affordable housing will have many far-reaching benefits that include relieving the pressure on the NHS and local government, local job creation and delivering homes for the elderly, families and first-time buyers. While the independent retirement living apartments will feature on-site care and wellbeing services that will have huge health and financial benefits for homeowners.

Alongside Crawley Borough Council, we recognised the need to transform a major town centre gateway site to deliver much-needed affordable housing.

Telford Place will feature a mix of:

• Affordable rent housing built by AHH and managed by the council
• AHH built and managed retirement shared ownership apartments (Platinum Skies)
• AHH built and managed general shared ownership apartments (Quantum)

The new site will not only support Crawley Borough Council’s Local Housing Plan to reach its housing delivery targets and create the opportunity for affordable living for many, but it will also build a vibrant, healthy and valuable community in Crawley town centre. AHH is committed to the development of affordable communities, our ambition is to bring our solution to Crawley, delivering affordability and care to the community for all.

In partnership with Crawley Borough Council, we offer high-quality and regulated affordable housing, so we can help people of all ages into the right homes.

We have worked hard to achieve an outline design for our affordable community that will serve as a best in class example of multi-generation living across mixed-use housing in West Sussex.

Next Steps

We have been touched by the generosity of spirit and kind words from residents for our scheme at Telford Place. Affordable retirement living and extra-care accommodation is clearly a welcome proposal for the site.

It’s also a scheme that will importantly make a positive addition to the environment and landscape of the local area. Therefore, we’re asking for your help with our planning application with letters of support to Crawley Borough Council. Together we can successfully complete this final stage and deliver a vibrant caring community to Crawley.

Please help us with your support.

You can support our planning application in several ways by leaving a comment on the Crawley Borough Council planning portal website or email and post:

Online support comments.

You can find our planning application at https://planningregister.crawley.gov.uk/ and entering the reference CR/2023/0357/OUT. From the comments section you can make a comment about the planning applications

Letters of support via post and referenced as CR/2023/0357/OUT to:

Hamish Walke,
Principal Planning Officer,
Crawley Borough Council Town Hall,
Crawley, RH10 1UZ

Letters of support via email to:

[email protected] and referenced as CR/2023/0357/OUT.

Thank you again and we look forward to your continued support on this next step in providing accessible and high-quality homes for Crawley residents of all ages.

Sustainability for the environment is crucial. Our proposals reflect both the need for sustainable development that is environmentally compatible with the local area, and one that promotes green living.