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== Housing developments == === Sunnywood Drive === in 1934 the architects Berthold Lubetkin and Tecton obtained planning permission for some modernist-style houses. Unconventionally, they are built with brick and with flat roofs. Seven buildings were built of which a pair were semi-detached. The walls were built of cavity brick walls but certain features were built in concrete window frames, balconies, built-in flower boxes and porches. The houses were originally sold at Β£975- Β£1200 each.<ref>Finn Jensen, Modernist semis and terraces in England, pp 187-8</ref> ===Bolnore Village === Housing in Haywards Heath expanded significantly in the first decade of the 21st century due to the creation of Bolnore Village, located to the southwest of the existing town. Planning permission was first granted in the late 1990s for 780 new homes on a [[greenfield site]]. The first house was completed in October 2002. Since then, phases 1, 2, 3, 4a and 5 have been built by the house builders [[Crest Nicholson]] in conjunction with several other developers. Housing was followed by the construction of various commercial units and Bolnore Village Primary School, which was the country's first self-governing parent-promoted primary school in September 2010. The decision to grant planning permission for Bolnore Village was somewhat controversial since the Ashenground and Catts Woods on that site formed a [[Site of Nature Conservation Interest]] (SNCI). As a condition for planning permission, the developers were required to build a relief road for the town, often referred to as the Haywards Heath by-pass, which has rerouted the [[A272 road|A272]] to the south side of the town. Construction work on the relief road commenced in 2012; on its completion in August 2014, the previous A272 route through Haywards Heath was renumbered the B2272. In 2008, local residents won a bid to set up and run their own primary school for the village.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/jun/12/schools.greenbuilding | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Parents win right to set up eco-school in village woodlands | first=Polly | last=Curtis | date=12 June 2008 | access-date=4 May 2010 | archive-date=3 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403180023/http://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/jun/12/schools.greenbuilding | url-status=live }}</ref> The new school opened in September 2008. === Future === As Bolnore village's construction has nearly finished the majority of new housing for Haywards Heath has been on the southern side of the A272, the site is commonly referred to as Sandrocks after the house that was previously there. This area has 6 main development areas, of which 2 have been completed as of Summer 2018. New housing developments have also appeared on the northern side of the town. Both of them allow approx 400 new dwellings to be built. The first one is on the northern end of Penland Road and south of Hanlye Lane and started development in 2017. The other one is between Lindfield and Walstead. This started in 2015.{{needs update|date=September 2023}} [[File:HaywardsHeathMap2018.png|alt=Map of Haywards Heath|thumb|Haywards Heath with surrounding villages and large housing developments in 2018]] There are also plans that the land around Hurstwood Farm will be built on, with the provision of a new primary school, Country Park and allotments included in the master plan which has received planning permission.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/politics/plans-for-375-homes-in-haywards-heath-and-downgrading-of-hurstwood-lane-approved-1-8598928|title=Plans for 375 homes in Haywards Heath and downgrading of Hurstwood Lane approved|website=www.midsussextimes.co.uk|date=13 August 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-02|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513095106/https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/politics/plans-for-375-homes-in-haywards-heath-and-downgrading-of-hurstwood-lane-approved-1-8598928|url-status=live}}</ref>
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