We are seeking views on the Crawley Submission draft Local Plan. This is the next stage (known as Regulation 19) in producing a new Local Plan for the borough.

The Local Plan is an important document, setting out planning policies to guide development in the borough over the 15-year plan period. The Local Plan:

• sets out the amount and location of housing and employment development
• supports the growth of the Town Centre as a new neighbourhood
• makes sure that the right infrastructure is in place to meet the needs of Crawley’s growing population
• protects the important historic assets and open spaces that are valued by residents and visitors.

We are also inviting views on several accompanying key and draft evidence documents. In particular, the draft Sustainability Appraisal and draft Habitats Regulations Assessment.

Comments on the Crawley Local Plan Review documents are invited during the consultation period which starts on 6 January 2021 and ends at 5pm on 17 February 2021. Please read our guidance note for further details.

You can submit your comments:

• by using our online eform or our paper form
• by emailing the Strategic Planning team
• in writing to Strategic Planning, Town Hall, The Boulevard, Crawley, RH10 1UZ

Paper copies of the documents are not available at any physical location at the current time due to Covid-19 restrictions.

If you submitted a response to the Local Plan Regulation 19 consultation carried out between 20 January and 2 March 2020, you do not need to resubmit your response. However, we welcome new responses on the changes which have been made to the Local Plan or the new evidence documents since then.

Responses from the previous Regulation 19 consultation will be submitted in full, to the Secretary of State for the Local Plan’s examination, along with responses received in this consultation. Please let us know in writing if you would like to withdraw your previous objections.

Use the separate Local Plan map document to support the Submission Draft Crawley Local Plan as the map in the main document is pixelated.

Additional evidence base studies are underway and we will add them when they are completed. This includes the following documents:

• Viability Study
• Transport Modelling

Additional background information supporting the draft Local Plan is available in the wider planning policy evidence supporting the adopted Local Plan (Crawley 2030).