Crawley Development Corporation was set up in February 1947 by the Government of the United Kingdom to establish, administer and control the development of the New Town of Crawley in accordance with t
Crawley Development Corporation used Broadfield House, a 19th-century villa, as its headquarters
The public inquiry into Crawley's New Town designation took place at the Montefiore Institute in November 1946; meanwhile, the committee which became the Development Corporation had already been formed.
Smalls Mead in the West Green neighbourhood was the first residential street built by the Development Corporation.
Most of the Corporation's housing stock consisted of "Group I" houses. Many were terraced or semi-detached, as here at Paddockhurst Road in Gossops Green.
Northgate, West Sussex
Videos
Northgate is one of the 14 residential neighbourhoods in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. Crawley was planned and laid out as a New Town after the Second World War, based on the pr
Crawley Development Corporation
…houses and flats, but this was revised downwards because most incoming Londoners asked for houses. The two earliest neighbourhoods, West Green and Northgate, have the most flats. Houses were built as part of carefully planned self-contained neighbourhoods. The master plan included nine: four adjacent to the…
The early 1950s shopping parade at Woodfield Road, Northgate
Early 1950s terraced housing on Woodfield Road, with extensive green space in front
Northgate street sign
St Elizabeth's Church