Editing Haywards Heath (section)

===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.