District News
Mid-Sussex update: Haywards Heath town plan, District Plan & more
Written by Michael Brown
Haywards Heath has now published its town plan for public consultation. The draft plan recites a depressingly long list of speculative developments for over 1,500 houses that have been allowed, or are the subject of recent planning applications beyond the town boundaries. With this in mind, the plan prudently calls for brownfield site-only development within the town and a 5 year moratorium on building beyond its existing boundaries whilst the Town Council takes stock of the infrastructure implications of extending the town further.
The following letter on behalf ofof CPRE Sussex-Horsham District was published in West Sussex County Times 20 Feb 14:
The Editor
West Sussex County Times
14 -16 Market Square
HORSHAM
West Sussex
RH12 1HD
18 February 2014
This is the sad tale of a campaign group's failure to protect the character of the village of Thakeham.
For over 15 years Thakeham Village Action (TVA) has tried to prevent the land in and around Abingworth Nursery from becoming a large housing estate. Thakeham is a small village of some 300 houses (the parish in total has some 700 houses). Land which has been used for more than 100 years for mushroom growing was bought by a property development company and recently they have succeeded in gaining permission for 146 houses in what Horsham DC acknowledges is an inappropriate and unsustainable location.
27 January 2014
Inappropriate development threats and thwarted plan examinations have dominated the news in Mid Sussex District over the last 3 months. See below for updates on Development Plans, Neighbourhood Plans and the Draft for the Mid Sussex DC Plan.
Horsham & Crawley: District Appeal Enquiry Notes
Written by Roger F Smith7 January 2014
St Albans v Hunston Properties Ltd 12 Dec 13
The Appeal Inquiry which I attended today as a Third Party was adjourned until 18 February due to no-show of Horsham District Council’s barrister – he is unable to leave his home because of flooding.
However, in the prelims, which included clarification of issues, he made reference to the attached Court of Appeal Decision City & District Council of St Albans v Hunston Properties Ltd 12 Dec 13, here attached.
The following letter was sent by CPRE Adur & Worthing representative Bill Freeman to local councillors in Adur and West Sussex County Councils, as well as to councils neighbouring Adur, Southern Water, the Highways and Environment Agencies and other relevant bodies:
I am sure every one of us is fed up to the back teeth and dismayed, anxious and frustrated with hearing about the flooding problems here in Adur. I know I am.
