Crawley Borough Council has selected Clarion Housing Group as the preferred development partner to deliver 313 new homes.  

The development is part of the Crawley Growth Programme, a multi-million pound town centre regeneration project. Clarion will develop a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments at Telford Place which is currently being used as a temporary car park.  Half of the homes will be available for private sale, with the remainder consisting of shared ownership homes and 87 council homes charged at affordable rents.

Work is expected to start next year subject to planning permission.

Families in Surrey and West Sussex are being urged by the NHS to talk about organ donation as Organ Donation Week is launched today.  

New figures show the number of people in the area who have died while waiting for a transplant. NHS Blood and Transplant has announced that 29 people in Surrey and 35 people from West Sussex have died waiting for a transplant in the last five years.  Last year 63 people in Surrey and 70 people in West Sussex had their lives saved by a transplant. More detailed local figures show that in the Reigate and Banstead area five or fewer people have died while waiting in the past five years and seven people from the borough have received a transplant in the last year.  

The NHS is urging families to let each other know if they want to be donors.

Data published by Public Health England shows the South East region as having the second highest number of confirmed cases of measles in the UK; second to London.

Between 1st January and 13th August this year there have been 828 laboratory confirmed cases in England; 169 of those were in the South East.  Young people over the age of 15 and adults who missed out on the MMR vaccine when they were younger have been particularly affected.

The increase in measles circulation is mainly associated with travel to and from Europe, particularly in Romania and Italy, where there are large ongoing measles outbreaks.

Reigate Town Hall opens its doors in two weeks time as part of this year’s Heritage Open Days.  

The Grade II listed building, completed in 1901, originally housed the Town Hall, Law Courts and Police and fire stations.  Located on Castlefield Road in Reigate, the Town Hall will be open from 11 am until 5 pm on Saturday 15th September.

The Town Hall is just one of many free venues, walks and talks across the borough open to the public for Heritage Open Days. More information can be found at heritageopendays.org.uk.