District News
Letter from Horsham District CPRE warns of risk of Local Plan deadline
Written by Roger F Smith4 April 2013
The following letter from Dr Roger F Smith on behalf of CPRE Sussex Horsham District was published in today's West Sussex Times:
Developers Urban Splash have submitted proposals for a 231 flat development on Brighton's Preston Road, overlooking Preston Park. Residents and local civic bodies complain that not only will the building affect the character of the area and the Grade II listed park, but architect's working with The Brighton Society calculate that the building's twin towers, the highest over 160 feet tall, will seriously shadow the park during six months of the year.
Local people are being asked to have a say and back the proposal for the Brighton & Hove and Lewes Downs to become recognised as a world-class environment, by achieving international Biosphere Reserve status from the United Nations.
Horsham District Council: house building targets "excessive"
Written by William Shaw
13 December 2012
In a letter to the Mid-Sussex Times, CPRE Sussex representative Dr Roger Smith challenges the presumption of Horsham District Council’s Cabinet that it must adopt a house building target for the District that is equal to or greater than that set by the South East Plan
Public Consultation on Horsham District Council’s (HDC’s)Horsham District Planning Framework – ‘Preferred Strategy’, has been postponed until the New Year.
Important - Mid Sussex District Plan on Hold
Mid Sussex DC has decided not to submit its own district plan for public examination until the coalition government has rescinded the South East Plan.
This is important because the Plan imposed a very high housing allocation that would have resulted in overwhelming building levels. We have received mixed signals on the timing of the repeal, but it may be before the end of the year. In the meantime, neighbourhood groups are campaigning against the planned urban extension to Burgess Hill, development sites in Haywards Heath and proposals to build to the south west of East Grinstead.
