Nottinghamshire-based Center Parcs has pulled out of its plans to create a new village as the location was "not suitable". The company had proposed to make a new forest holiday village at Oldhouse Warren, West Sussex.
In July 2021, the business secured an agreement to acquire the privately-owned woodland near Crawley. Center Parcs said it undertook a "rigorous environmental and ecological site survey" as part of its pre-planning process.
But Center Parcs said it had analysed the surveys and concluded the site at Oldhouse Warren was not a suitable location for a Center Parcs village. Colin McKinlay, Center Parcs CEO, said: "We have always been committed to only building our villages in areas where we can improve the biodiversity of the site.
