Urban Park proposed for Burgess Hill

 Mid Sussex District Council is creating an Urban Park at the Martlets Shopping Centre in Burgess Hill.

A temporary Urban Park will brighten up the area and create a space where people can meet and relax. The designs by landscape architects Allen Scott feature improved public spaces, trees, and planting, along with proposed leisure uses, which will provide an attractive and safe space for the community. The aim is to use materials that can be reused and quickly relocated to other sites when the town centre redevelopment is ready to proceed.

In the meantime, we are working with a number of stakeholders and local groups to provide activities in the centre over the summer.

Councillor Jonathan Ash-Edwards, Leader of Mid Sussex District Council said:

"We are all keen for NewRiver REIT to progress with their plans to revitalise Burgess Hill Town Centre. However, the leisure and retail sectors are currently experiencing a very difficult time and there is uncertainty about when a redevelopment could reach viability to proceed. In the meantime, we want to improve the look of the area and make it a more pleasant place to be.

"By creating an Urban Park, we can bring an area that's currently fenced off back into use and make it into a place that people want to use when in town. Improving the attractiveness of the town centre will help support our small local business who continue to trade in the town.

"All of the improvements will be temporary in nature to ensure that area can be cleared as soon as New River REIT is in a position to resume work on their town centre revitalisation project."