Horsham District Council has agreed to put its draft Local Plan for 2023-2040 out to a six-week public consultation. The decision followed a lengthy meeting on Monday evening (December 11) which saw councillors and members of the public speaking for and against the contents of the new Plan. The consultation – the Regulation 19 stage of the Plan’s progress – will run from January 19 to March 1 2024. Then the Plan and all the responses will be sent to the Planning Inspectorate in June, with hearings expected to be held in October or November. The council hopes to adopt the new Local Plan in 2025. Here is John Milne, cabinet member for planning & infrastructure
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00:00 Well, it's been a long evening but it's turned out the right result as far as we're concerned.
00:06 So we got it through with a good majority and I was delighted to see some strong cross-party
00:11 support. It makes a difference if all parties back us. So it's been four, five, six years
00:20 that the council's been on this trail and we're delighted to finally get it across the
00:25 line. It's going to make a big difference to the community, controlling speculative
00:30 development but also bringing forward major improvements in environmental standards and
00:36 most of all bringing affordable houses to more people. So, yeah, I'm delighted.
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