Editing Burgess Hill (section)

===Future of the town===
Mid Sussex District Council put forward its master plan for the development of the town in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/page.cfm?CFNoCache=TRUE&LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=4311 |title=Burgess Hill Master Plan |date=November 2006 |publisher=Mid Sussex District Council |access-date=16 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195728/http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/page.cfm?CFNoCache=TRUE&LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=4311 |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> The town approved its Neighbourhood Plan in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.burgesshill.gov.uk/neighbourhoodplan |title=Neighbourhood Plan &#124; Burgess Hill Town Council |access-date=22 October 2016 |archive-date=25 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025102153/http://www.burgesshill.gov.uk/neighbourhoodplan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> With the proposed housing quota for the area high, it is expected to grow further in the 21st century, and new housing will be created in the town centre in the form of [[apartment|flats]] as a result of the [[redevelopment]] plans put forward by New River Retail and for which planning has been approved. Town centre development includes the redevelopment of the Martlets Shopping Centre to add a ten-screen cinema complex, hotel, new shops and parking. The gasometer in Leylands Road has been removed and replaced with a Lidl supermarket.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/this-is-when-the-new-lidl-opens-in-burgess-hill-1-9006853|title=This is when the new Lidl opens in Burgess Hill|website=midsussextimes.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02|archive-date=22 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722221509/https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/this-is-when-the-new-lidl-opens-in-burgess-hill-1-9006853|url-status=live}}</ref>

The town is set for the development of 3,500 new houses as part of the Northern Arc development. Three schools as well as community facilities will be included and the planning of the development is at an advanced stage with the county, district and town councils working together to finalise this development, which is being promoted by the government's housing agency [[Homes England]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/politics/here-s-the-latest-on-the-northern-arc-in-burgess-hill-1-9056179|title=Here's the latest on the Northern Arc in Burgess Hill|website=midsussextimes.co.uk|date=2 September 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-02|archive-date=9 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909053935/https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/politics/here-s-the-latest-on-the-northern-arc-in-burgess-hill-1-9056179|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition a science park and industrial park are planned along the A2300.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/people/secretary-of-state-welcomes-plans-for-science-park-in-burgess-hill-1-8445312|title=Secretary of State 'welcomes' plans for science park in Burgess Hill|website=midsussextimes.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122231457/https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/secretary-state-welcomes-plans-science-park-burgess-hill-307942|url-status=live}}</ref>