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Development Plans

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MSDC are currently producing a new local plan for the District to run from 2006 until 2026. This will allocate a government quota to build 15,000-18,000 new homes under the [ South East Plan ]. The Council propose to allocate 4,500 - 6,000 of these houses to East Grinstead within the [Core Strategy]. This would increase the town by 50%-60%.

The Council has not published a comprehensive list of the housebuilding but has outlined these schemes:

Scheme House Numbers (min) House Numbers (max)
Local Plan 250 350
Small Scale Housing Allocation 270 420
Town Centre Revitalisation 380 600
Strategic Development 2500 2500
"windfalls" 1200 2000
Total' 4750 6000

The development proposals are highly contraversial and have generated vigorous opposition from residents in the town and the surrounding villages. When the scheme was first made public a town referendum was called in June 2003 where 96% of voters rejected the scheme. A new campaigning group the [Post Referendum Campaign] was formed and in 2004 10,000 people sigend a Petition opposing the scheme.

The Council held a statutory consultation in 2006 which generated the highest ever response at almost 7,000 responses - 99% of these opposed the Council's scheme. In March 2008 a further 3,000 objections were received as part of the Core Strategy consultation.

The [Town Centre Re-vitalisation] is part of a joint venture between the Council and [Thornfield Properties] which aims to rejuvenate the three main towns in the District. This is being brought forward under a supplementary planning document. The [Strategic Development] is being proposed in conjunction with the [East Grinstead Developer Consortium] which has options on land to the west and southwest of the town. This is being brought forward under a development plan document called the [East Grinstead Area Action Plan].

The Strategic Development location was identified in the county Structure Plan adopted in 2004. This requires the District Council to draw up a proposal for 2,500 houses contingent on specific infrastructure provisions. This includes a transport package to reduce traffic levels below 2004 levels through a relief road, improvements to the existing road system and a high quality public transport service to Crawley. Traffic reports based on a specially built transport model have been published in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In each case the traffic predictions have shown a substantial worsening across the town.

East Grinstead Area Action Plan

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East Grinstead Developer Consortium

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