The borough council began development of the new neighbourhood of Bewbush in 1974, with a leisure centre opening in 1984, and a shopping parade the following year.

Additional land was brought into the borough of Crawley from Lower Beeding in 1983 to see the extension of the neighbourhood to reach its capacity population of 9000.

[3] The vast majority of the properties were originally council-owned, with over one-third remaining owned by the local authority of other social landlords.

[3] This is reflected in the area's large Hindu and Muslim populations which are both well above the national averages at 9% and 5% respectively.

[4] In terms of social classification, the neighbourhood is made up of approximately 45% in the ABC1 grouping, compared to the national figures of around 51%.

However, in March 2007, the local authority announced its intention to redevelop the area of central Bewbush.

It holds various new playground equipment and England's first training area for Parkour[10] Public transport is provided by the Metrobus bus routes, which include the 24-hour Crawley Fastway guided bus route to the Crawley Town centre and Gatwick Airport.