Crawley Business Guide 2017/18

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TOWN CENTRE
Sussex County Council and Coast to
Capital Local Enterprise Partnership.
In addition, the Arora Group’s
impressive plans to rebuild Crawley
Train Station with improved public
space and 300+ high-quality
apartments, received planning
permission and is set to start in 2017.
Despite the planned improvements,
the town centre has seen a good
deal of growth and investment
interest in recent years, attracting a
number of retailers and businesses
including Starbucks, Turtle Bay,
Decathlon and Travelodge.
The Crawley Town Centre Regeneration
Programme outlines further plans
including developing SME business
hubs, skills labs and encouraging
more A-grade business space.
Partnership working is key
to programme delivery and more
information can be found at
Along with a diverse retail and
leisure offer which continues to
grow, Crawley town centre also
boasts a thriving business presence
with some of the country’s top
professional services firms
based here.
Although very successful, the town
centre is undergoing a great deal of
regeneration which will not only see
fantastic improvements to public
spaces but also a huge increase in
residential units – more than 1,800
over the next couple of years.
A variety of good quality permitted
developments are already complete
or underway, which adds greatly to
the overall housing offer. Crawley
Borough Council has also acquired
a site near Crawley Library (Telford
Place), where it proposes to build
in the region of 180 high-spec
apartments.
Further regeneration includes
£3.2m of improvements underway
in Queens Square, the heart of the
town centre, with funding from
Crawley Borough Council, West