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Sussex Councils face “Mission Impossible” as developers stockpile thousands of unbuilt homes

Sunday, 15 November 2015 17:32

Land scheduled for development near Eastergate Land scheduled for development near Eastergate Photo © Pete Edgeler

Local councils struggling to meet government housing targets are caught in an impossible ‘catch 22’ under existing planning laws, warns CPRE Sussex.  

At present there are planning permissions for more than 13,000 unbuilt homes in the combined Districts of Mid Sussex and Horsham alone, which is equivalent to another town the size of Burgess Hill.  

However, despite granting permissions for many thousands of homes, councils are unable to speed up the building process due to the behaviour of developers who want to ensure maximum profit.  

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Photo of land scheduled for development © Pete Edgeler

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