Bewbush affordable homes on playing fields approved

Drawn up with architects Bailey Partnership, the application for Breezehurst Playing Fields will see the site split, with flats, houses and maisonettes built on one half, while the other remains as a playing field.

The Breezehurst Community Pavilion will stay where it is.

During a meeting of the planning committee on Monday (February 8), councillors heard from residents in neighbouring Douster Crescent, who were unhappy with the plans.

Some claimed the playing field had been a major selling point when they bought their homes and they had no idea that the development was on the cards.

Others were worried that the new homes would be built too close to theirs.

While there was sympathy for those living next to the site, Peter Smith (Lab, Ifield) pointed out that it had been allocated for housing in the 2015 Local Plan.

He suggested they speak to their solicitors if they felt they had not been given the full information.