Chris Bearton, head of planning & enabling at Homes England, at West of Ifield exhbition

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Mr Bearton said he was ‘really confident’ that Homes England was on top of the flooding concerns, working on a bespoke flood model with the Environment Agency with controversial plans for 3000 new homes in West of Ifield.

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00:00Hi, I'm Chris Beerton, Head of Planning and Enabling at Homes England.

00:04We're here today in Crawley to present our final plans for a new neighbourhood west of Ifield.

00:11This follows six years of engagement with the community, listening to key concerns,

00:18and hopefully today the community have been able to come along and see how we've responded to those.

00:22Housing is a key issue facing the area, and we want to bring forward this scheme as quickly as possible

00:27to ensure that everyone has access to a good quality home.

00:32Beyond today, we'll be looking to submit an application later part of this year

00:37and look forward to continuing to work with the community and other stakeholders as part of that process.

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