Mayfields is a proposal for a new market town between Brighton and Crawley, providing homes for people of all ages, as well as new schools, public transport, shops and leisure facilities.
It will be built along garden city principles: land value capture for the benefit of the community; strong vision, leadership and community engagement; community ownership of land and long-term stewardship of assets.
Mayfields will include 30% affordable homes, ranging from social rent, to part buy, to Starter Homes. These will be provided by Clarion Housing Group, the largest affordable housing provider in the UK.
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Plans
Mayfields is a vision for a new market town in Mid Sussex to provide homes, jobs and a better way of living to all generations. It takes what is best about established weald towns to create a place and lifestyle for people today. Mayfields market town will be a place for all – catering for all age groups and all price points by providing a mix of private and affordable housing.
Benefits
Mayfields, as a well-designed new town, will provide special benefits to all generations. Making a new market town offers the opportunity to plan a whole settlement so that it is not just an add-on to an existing village or town. By providing residential areas, employment areas and walking, cycling and riding routes - plus much more - it will create social, health and economic benefits for all. It will also provide a range of new services, from doctors, dentists, education, buses, wifi hubs, blacksmiths and country stores, while giving pleasure to residents with access to a high quality landscape for all outdoor pursuits.
Housing
Mayfields will help address unmet housing needs in adjoining authorities. It will help mitigate the effects of an ageing population on the Sussex economy. It will also provide housing supply for younger people to help balance the local population.
