Developers, consultants and businesses large and small are sought to support Mid Sussex to complete the next stages of its ambitious Growth Programme.
Cllr Stephen Hillier, Mid Sussex District Council's Cabinet Member for Economic Growth, Sally Blomfield, Mid Sussex's Divisional Leader for Planning and Economy, Graham Hyslop, Projects Director - South, Homes England, put out the call for interest at the recent Real Estate Live Conference.
Representing more than £1bn of investment and delivering over 5,000 homes and 15,000 jobs, Mid Sussex's pioneering Burgess Hill Growth Programme which includes Homes England's flagship development at the Northern Arc, will provide new schools, neighbourhood centres and employment space, as well as embedding transformational infrastructure from sustainable travel to gigabit fibre digital connectivity.
Graham asked that any developers, consultants, small developers and SMEs interested in the Northern Arc to make sure they had become members of the relevant Homes England panels so they could bid, adding that funding and loan assistance could be available for smaller companies if they needed additional investment for specific sites.
Cllr Hillier said that there was a steady pipeline of commercial and housing opportunities coming online through the district and urged interested companies to contact the local authority and attend MSDC's next Real Estate Live session, in June, when he was expecting to be able to announce the details of the planned 43ha (130,000 sqm floorspace) Science and Technology Park.
Sally added that Mid Sussex will also be looking for delivery partners for sites where it was the landowner.
"We recognise that the outcome is very important, so we will be really careful to make sure we select suppliers and organisations who can clearly deliver the projects in a way which will benefit people and the community".