Land at Ford Airfield

This development will provide up to 1,500 dwellings of which 30% will be affordable, as well as a 60-bed care home, employment land restricted to Use Class B1, a local centre including a community hub and land for a new two-form entry primary school.

This strategic allocation will provide contributions towards highway improvements, police infrastructure, swimming pool improvements in the district along with other health and fitness contributions and land for new healthcare provisions.

The outline planning application has been approved under planning application F/4/20/OUT

Latest news:

September 2024:

September 2024:

  • F/10/24/DOC for Condition 7 related to the Design Code is approved
  • stopping up order details for footpaths 175, 200/3 (part), 362 (part), and 366 have been received from WSCC. The path closure is necessary to protect public safety whilst Archaeological and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) investigations take place. Unfortunately, there is no alternative route available using the Rights of Way network.

July 2024:

  • F/10/24/DOC Received for Condition 7 related to the Design Code

July 2023: 

  • outline planning permission has been approved under reference F/4/20/OUT

Applications covering appearance, means of access, landscaping, layout and scale. Outline permissions cannot be implemented until a reserved matters application has been granted planning permission.

No application for this has been submitted yet.

An Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) outlines the working methods for construction workers to follow and adhere to during development. The Tree Protection Plan (TPP) forms part of the Arboricultural Method Statement and details the location of protection measures, such as the position of tree protection fencing.

No application for this has been submitted yet.

A construction management plan is a document that includes detailed information designed to minimise potential construction impacts on the environment taking into account logistics, traffic management and other impacts. 

No application for this has been submitted yet.

This information will be completed once full planning permission has been granted.

Previous planning application news for this site is as follows:

July 2021:

  • F/4/20/OUT application is currently underdetermined

February 2021:

Ford Airfield site layout 

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Site layout map for Ford Airfield

Alternative text: a map of the proposed Ford development site. This shows the proposed layout of houses and open spaces including the extension of the waste treatment facility to the east. The majority of open space is situated to the east of the map near the existing agricultural land. The map shows the commercial area in the southern corner near Water Lane.

Please note the masterplan above is for illustrative purposes only and details are subject to change.

The Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) provides an update on all matters regarding developer contributions Section 106 (S.106) and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) during the previous financial year.

Our first IFS was published in September 2020 to cover the period from April 2019 to 31 March 2020. Please see our current IFS statement.

We collect all CIL contributions for all types of Infrastructure (from 1 April 2020) but we do not collect S.106 contributions for the provision of schools, highways, libraries or the fire service (although, in some cases, S.106 for these items are retained for these projects, in agreement with the county council). In most cases, these items are the responsibility of West Sussex County Council (WSCC). Therefore our IFS should be read in conjunction with the WSCC IFS to identify how S.106 from specific development sites has been spent across the board.   

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