Appendix 1: Horsham District Council Local Plan Review Issues and Options Consultation 2018 Summary of Responses and Proposed Next Steps Agent For: Topic Area Summary of Comment Nature of Next steps No Site reference comment Surname Organisation Respondent 8 Woolley BUAB – Ashington Amend Ashington Built Up Area Boundary to Object Comments noted and the include Church Farm House, Church Lane. following action will be The private drive from Church Lane to the undertaken: Ashington property is already included. Site is adjacent to Built Up Area Boundary central areas of the village and therefore will be reviewed directly relates to the built form rather than the countryside. 97 Carey BUAB - Ashington Land immediately north of the village is Observation Comments noted and the Ashington characterised by low/medium density housing following action will be served by B2133. It has a strong physical undertaken: Ashington connectivity with the existing settlement of Built Up Area Boundary Ashington. Consideration should be given to will be reviewed creating a more extensive review of the proposed Built Up Area Boundary taking into account the level of housing identified in the Housing Needs Assessment undertaken as part of the Ashington Neighbourhood Plan. 143 Brook Sussex BUAB – BG1 Support proposed amendment to BG1. Support with Support welcomed and Wildlife Trust BG1 Requests clarifications as to whether a buffer Modifications comments noted. The for the ancient woodland is included in the area ancient woodland buffer removed? will be considered and will be reviewed in respect of the Built Up Area Boundary BG1 proposal. 1 Appendix 1: Horsham District Council Local Plan Review Issues and Options Consultation 2018 Summary of Responses and Proposed Next Steps Agent For: Topic Area Summary of Comment Nature of Next steps No Site reference comment Surname Organisation Respondent 115 Perks Billingshurst BUAB - Billingshurst Built Up Area Boundary Review for Support Comments noted and the N’hood Plan Billingshurst - acknowledges already consented following action will be Working development. It is noted that Old Reservoir undertaken: Group Farm is currently being considered by Horsham Billingshurst Built Up District Council. If consent is given, due to it Area Boundary will be being immediately adjacent to BL1 the site may reviewed to take be appropriate to include within Built Up Area account of any decision Boundary. on the site as appropriate. 79 Verster Integrated Abingworth BUAB CF1 Support CF1 - site has a stronger relationship Support with Comments noted and the Planning and Development with the built form of Cowfold rather than modifications following action will be Development countryside and it is previously developed land. undertaken: Cowfold Consultancy However, request that proposed Built Up Area Built Up Area Boundary Boundary is amended to include the full site of will be reviewed The Vicarage and The Old Vicarage. 60 Hall Nuthurst BUAB Chapter 4 First two sentences of para 4.8 are confusing. Object Comments noted. The Parish Council Amend to say that 'Built Up Area Boundaries information provided in are used to define areas that are clearly this response will be discrete settlements and are not countryside'. reviewed when regard Support principle of infilling within Built Up Area is given to built up area Boundary provided that it does not include boundaries and impacts residential gardens, in accordance with on residential gardens. National Planning Policy Framework paras 48 and 53, due to the urbanising effect and fundamental alteration of the character of the local environment in rural villages. Para 4.10 - amend the "Review Process" to include criterion - "Neighbourhood Plans - where land adjoining an existing Built Up Area Boundary is allocated for development in a Neighbourhood Plan and the allocation has been granted 2 Appendix 1: Horsham District Council Local Plan Review Issues and Options Consultation 2018 Summary of Responses and Proposed Next Steps Agent For: Topic Area Summary of Comment Nature of Next steps No Site reference comment Surname Organisation Respondent permission, the Built Up Area Boundary should be amended to include such land." Para 4.10 d) Gardens - whilst this is supported the Parish Council is concerned that the section could imply development in residential gardens is acceptable, which it is not. 95 Longhorn BUAB Object to proposed 'Secondary Settlement' Object Comments noted and the Crabtree designation of Crabtree. Agree that Horsham following action will be District Council should seek to re-establish Built undertaken: Review Up Area Boundaries around some settlements proposed Secondary but Crabtree is an unsustainable location. Settlement designation Facilities are limited and a gastro pub is simply of Crabtree not a sufficient anchor. Questions what evidence exists to show how many residents work at South Lodge due to proximity. More sustainable approach would be to direct growth, however minimal, to either Cowfold and/or Lower Beeding. 135 Evans Gladman BUAB It should be acknowledged that the built up Object Comments noted. The Developments General area boundaries will need to be reconsidered further revision of any when the levels of housing need planned are BUABs to take account fully known. It is inevitable that through of any land allocated for increased development needs there will be a development will take need for the Local Plan to review place later on in the settlement/built up area boundaries in order to local plan review identify sites that can meet housing need. The process. built up area boundaries should be consequently altered to account for the additional sites required. The current process seems to be a largely superfluous consideration of tidying up of some of the boundaries. Nevertheless there are some issues for rationalising settlement boundaries that could have been picked up. 3 Appendix 1: Horsham District Council Local Plan Review Issues and Options Consultation 2018 Summary of Responses and Proposed Next Steps Agent For: Topic Area Summary of Comment Nature of Next steps No Site reference comment Surname Organisation Respondent 125 Bourke Dowsett Peter Meakin BUAB Support proposed amendments to Henfield Support Support welcomed and Mayhew Henfield Built Up Area Boundary as it meets the noted. No action assessment criteria. DC/13/0787 (160 required dwellings) has now been permitted and development on this site has now commenced. The site now relates to the built form of Henfield rather than the surrounding countryside 48 Martin BUAB Amend Henfield Built Up Area Boundary to Object Comments noted and the Henfield (Para 4.8- include land south of Mill End (see map following action will be 4.19) attached to representation). Land adjoins undertaken: Henfield existing Built Up Area Boundary and can be Built Up Area Boundary brought forward for development rapidly. Site will be reviewed is currently vacant. 61 Grant Henfield BUAB Parish Council supports inclusion of HF1 and Support Support welcomed and Parish Council HF1 & HF2 HF2 within proposed Built Up Area Boundary noted. No action amendment. required. 102 Welchman Armstrong Dunmoore BUAB Extend the Built Up Area Boundary (BUAB) Object Comments noted and the Rigg Planning Hilland Farm north of Billingshurst to include the group of following action will be buildings around Hilland Farm because this undertaken: would provide a stronger more logical Billingshurst Built Up defensible BUAB and avoid a gap between the Area Boundary will be BUAB and the land to the north which should reviewed be allocated for employment (NB -map was submitted to provide clarity over the boundary sought). 145 Brigden Crawley BUAB Ifield should be designated as part of a Built Up Object Comments noted. Borough Ifield Area Boundary (map provided) and not a Further review as to the Council Secondary Settlement. Crawley Borough potential for a BUAB Council previously reviewed in 2012 as part of rather than a secondary its Local Plan, see page 15 of Crawley 2030: settlement in this area 4 Appendix 1: Horsham District Council Local Plan Review Issues and Options Consultation 2018 Summary of Responses and Proposed Next Steps Agent For: Topic Area Summary of Comment Nature of Next steps No Site reference comment Surname Organisation Respondent Local Plan. The assessment was carried out will be made and further prior to permission of DC/14/2131 - due to discussion will be held suburban nature it should be included within with CBC in relation to proposed Built Up Area Boundary. Strongly this matter as the local request that ribbon development, currently plan review is included in proposed Secondary Settlement progressed. boundary, to west of Rusper Road is excluded. In addition, it is strongly requested that the open space provided as part of development proposals along western boundary of the site is excluded from Built Up Area Boundary as it is not encompassed by built form. The land within Crawley's boundary, immediately to the west of the site, also remains outside the Built Up Area Boundary as it forms designated Local Green Space (to which Green Belt policies apply). 106 Gibbs Savills Crest BUAB Include Land East of Billingshurst within the Object Comments noted and the Strategic Land East of built up area boundary (Officer note: see following action will be Projects and Billingshurst submitted figure 3.2 for a plan of the area) undertaken: Bellway Billingshurst Built Up Homes Area Boundary will be Limited reviewed 5 Appendix 1: Horsham District Council Local Plan Review Issues and Options Consultation 2018 Summary of Responses and Proposed Next Steps Agent For: Topic Area Summary of Comment Nature of Next steps No Site reference comment Surname Organisation Respondent 120 Onuh Thakeham Thakeham BUAB Support HDC approach to identify secondary Observation Comments noted and the Homes Ltd Homes Ltd Land to the west of settlements and the inclusion of a policy within following action will be Worthing Road, the Local Plan Review. However, urge the undertaken: sites of this Horsham Council to review Horsham Town Built Up Area size will be considered Boundary.