Ambulance hub to be demolished for council housing

A former ambulance station in West Sussex is to be demolished to make way for 39 new council houses.

The six-storey block in Crawley will contain a pair of one-bedroom flats and 37 with two bedrooms. They will all be for those on Crawley Borough Council's housing register.

Building work is due to begin soon and is expected to be completed by the end of next year.

Council leader Michael Jones said: "We need to deliver new council homes for families to provide secure, affordable housing and this will be the first site in some time to do this."

Jones added: "I am delighted to hear that construction will soon start on this site. We had to overcome some significant challenges to deliver on this site, so it was great to see how it has progressed."

The council said the project was the first part of an "ambitious" programme to deliver 540 council houses "in the coming years".

To be eligible for a council house in Crawley, applicants must have had a connection with Crawley for a minimum of five years.

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