Horsham & Crawley
Letter: Scrap damaging and unsustainable housing target
Written by Roger F SmithLetter published by the West Sussex County Times, 9 April 2020
Letter: Horsham DC should say no government targets
Written by Roger F SmithLetter published in the West Sussex County Times, 12 March 2020
Letter: Planning is neither joined-up nor intelligent
Written by Roger F SmithLetter published by the West Sussex County Times 30 January 2020
Letter: Crawley consultation has big consequences for Horsham District
Written by Roger F SmithLetter published by the West Sussex County Times, 12 September 2019
Consequences for Horsham District communities, should developer win appeal
Written by Roger F SmithHORSHAM DISTRICT SITUATION REPORT (MAY 2019): Consequences for communities across Horsham District should developer win planning appeal
Letter: Will councillors stand up for communities or developers?
Written by Roger F SmithLetter published by the West Sussex County Times 21 March 2019
Update: Parishes with "in progress" plans targeted by developers; Horsham DC's review of the HDPF up to 2036 in progress; questions over viability of house building targets and more.
Hocus pocus targets make the countryside vulnerable
Written by Roger F SmithLetter published by the West Sussex County Times 24 January 2019
Sir,
Our countryside made vulnerable to large-scale development by Government policies
Horsham District Council’s review of the local plan is in progress and to calculate what the new house- building target should be the Council must use the Government’s new formula-based method, which by means of hocus pocus with numbers has been rigged to achieve an-over England target of at least 300,000 new homes per year.
Housing target for Horsham District to be increased
Written by Roger F SmithHorsham’s Local Plan, the Horsham District Planning Framework (HDPF), adopted November 2015, is subject to a now-in-progress review by Horsham District Council (HDC), as required by the examining Planning Inspector in his Report to HDC, October 2015.
Letter: Vulnerable to imposed development if Neighbourhood Plan ‘out-of-date’
Written by Roger F SmithLetter published by West Sussex County Times 5 July 2018
