Haywards Heath Town Centre Masterplan

Haywards Heath is set in the natural, green landscape at the heart of Mid-Sussex, nestled between areas of outstanding natural beauty. Safe, creative and family focused, Haywards Heath offers a spacious green setting in which to live combined with the diversity and convenience of services, open spaces and cultural activities offered by a thriving town.

However, the central area is elongated and linear, stretching from the station in the north to the Orchards Shopping Centre in the south - an undulating walk of between 15 and 20 minutes. Whilst this area has all of the ingredients of a successful centre - a retail core, a cluster of restaurants and a strong employment base - these suffer from a lack of clear connections between them.

The masterplan defines a series of opportunities and assets to focus on, which include the connections to and within the town centre between key areas that provide services, functions and an evening economy, and well as possible development sites that can widen the appeal of the town and secure its future.

The masterplan document forms part of the evidence base for the review of the Mid Sussex Local Plan and will be adopted as an SPD. It will undergo public consultation later in 2020.