Karen Dunn, Crawley and Horley Observer
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An energy centre which could provide heating and electricity to developments throughout the town centre is to be built at the back of Crawley Town Hall.
Plans for the District Energy Centre building, complete with control room, pipework and five 33.5m high flues were approved at a meeting of Crawley Borough Council’s planning committee last week.
The flues were initially designed to be 19m high but were extended after concerns were raised about the effect on flats due to be built in the area.
The meeting was told that the centre would serve the town hall site, the adjoining car park site – which has been approved for a 91-flat redevelopment – and the nearby Kilnmead site.
The pipework would also enable future developments to draw their energy from the centre, with no need for individual boilers in any of the flats.
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