Forge Wood

For the residential area in Motherwell, see Forgewood.

Rough pastureland south of Radford Road in Tinsley Green, photographed in 2009. This land is on the boundary of the application site.

Forge Wood (under construction and semi-occupied, but scheduled for completion in 2026) is the 14th residential neighbourhood in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex. The 1,900 houses and other facilities will be built on open land in the northeast of the borough, adjoining the ancient village of Tinsley Green and to the north of the Pound Hill neighbourhood.

Forge Wood was known as the North East Sector until December 2013, when the present name was adopted in reference to an area of ancient woodland within its boundaries. The site has a long and complex planning history dating back to 1998. Crawley Borough Council, which owned much of the poor-quality pastureland which characterises the area, favoured developing it for housing; but opponents of the plans raised concerns over flooding, noise pollution and the proximity of the proposed second runway should expansion of Gatwick Airport go ahead. The airport lies a short distance to the north of the site, and a motorway and a main railway line are also adjacent. After many alterations, resubmissions and a legal challenge, outline planning permission for 1,900 houses was granted in February 2011,[1][2] and construction began in 2014.

  1. ^ "Crawley homes plan is agreed after 13 years". BBC News. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference CBC-NESector was invoked but never defined (see the help page).