Extra funding from Homes England will help speed up the delivery of a development of new homes at the Northern Arc in Burgess Hill, West Sussex.

The agency is ploughing a further £63m from the government’s £1.3bn Land Assembly Fund into infrastructure work on the scheme, which will see 460 homes built by Countryside Properties on the Freeks Farm area of the site.

The extra money follows £99m paid last year to cover initial land purchases and options.