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Horsham District Council – Authority Monitoring Report 2013/14

Horsham District Local Development Framework

Authority Monitoring Report

1st

April 2013 - 31st

March 2014


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Contents

Executive Summary ........................................................................................ vi Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................................................. 10 Chapter 2: Update and review of the Local Development Scheme ................ 12

Development Plan Documents ................................................................... 13 Supplementary Planning Documents ......................................................... 14

Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment and Equalities Impact Assessment.................................................................... 15 Evidence Base Documents ........................................................................ 16

Chapter 3: Monitoring Progress to fulfil the Duty to Cooperate ...................... 18 Chapter 4: Housing ........................................................................................ 22

Housing Implementation Strategy .............................................................. 22 Housing Delivery ........................................................................................ 23 Housing Requirement ................................................................................. 27

Housing Supply .......................................................................................... 27 The Position ............................................................................................... 28 Future Delivery ........................................................................................... 30 Facilitating Appropriate Development SPD ................................................ 31

The Horsham District Planning Framework ................................................ 33 Dwelling Completions & Site Density ......................................................... 33

New and converted dwellings – on previously developed land .................. 34 Gross affordable housing completions ....................................................... 36 Household Tenure ...................................................................................... 39

Chapter 5: Monitoring Indicators and Progress towards Targets ................... 42 Physical Environment ................................................................................. 42

Social and Cultural Issues .......................................................................... 46 Crime and Safety ........................................................................................ 46 Deprivation ................................................................................................. 47

Education ................................................................................................... 49

Economy & Employment ............................................................................ 50 Business Development and Town Centres ................................................ 52

Transport and Spatial Connectivity ............................................................. 58 Waste ......................................................................................................... 59 Environmental Quality ................................................................................ 60

Chapter 6: Neighbourhood Planning .............................................................. 72 Chapter 7: Community Infrastructure Levy .................................................... 74

Chapter 8: Conclusion ................................................................................... 75 Glossary ..................................................................................................... 78 Appendices ................................................................................................ 79


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Appendices

Appendix 1: Local Development Framework Monitoring Framework

Appendix 2: Local Development Scheme Timetable – HDPF production

Appendix 3: Landscape Character Area Assessments

Appendix 4: Site Specific Allocations of Land, PDL Sites Update

Appendix 5: Housing Land Supply Large Sites

Appendix 6: Housing Land Supply Small Sites

List of Figures

Figure 1 Former South East Plan Housing Trajectory for Horsham District 2013/14

Figure 2 Horsham District SEP Trajectory Graphs (net) 2006-2026

Figure 3 Horsham District Key Environmental Designations

Figure 4 Methods of travel to work for Horsham District residents

Figure 5 Horsham SSSI Unit Condition

Figure 6 West Sussex SSSI Unit Condition

List of Tables

Table 1 Timetable for Implementing the Duty to Co-operate

Table 2 Existing groups used to discuss Duty to Co-operate

Table 3 Other groups used to discuss the Duty to Co-operate

Table 4 Estimated phasing of the West of Bewbush and West of Horsham strategic

developments

Table 5 Large sites granted permission 1st April 2014 to 29

th October 2014

Table 6 Number of dwellings to have been delivered through the FAD

Table 7 Gross Dwelling Completions by Site Density 13/14

Table 8 Numbers and proportions of gross completions on previously developed land

Table 9 Gypsy Count July 2014

Table 10 Affordable housing completions in Horsham District 08/09 – 13/14

Table 11 Site Specific Affordable Housing 2012/13

Table 12 Affordable Housing: Qualifying Residential Schemes Granted Planning Permission


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in 12/13 Estimated phasing of the West of Bewbush and West of Horsham

Strategic Developments

Table 13 Horsham District Recorded Crime Statistics April 2012 – March 2013

Table 14 Indices of Deprivation 2010: West Sussex

Table 15 Key Stage 2 Results

Table 16 GCSE and Equivalent Results

Table 17 Unemployment Rate

Table 18 Employment Floorspace completions and commitments

Table 19 Core Output Indicators: BD1 and BD2; Land Developed for Employment by Type

(m2)

Table 20 Core Output Indicator BD3: Land Available for Employment Use

Table 21 Core Output Indicator BD4: Total Amount of Completed Floorspace for ‘Town

Centre Uses’

Table 22 Permitted Planning Applications in Priority Habitats in Horsham District between 1st

April 2013 and 31st March 2014

Table 23 Planning applications and Priority Habitats

Table 24 Planning applications and species

Table 25 Carbon emissions from Horsham District 2005-2012

Table 26 Development within Strategic Gaps

Table 27 Completed retail (A1), office (B1a) and, leisure (D2) development in Horsham

District’s town/village centres in 2012/13 (Gross floorspace m2)

Table 27 Car Parking Figures

Table 28 Horsham SSSI Unit Condition

Table 29 West Sussex SSSI Unit Condition

Table 30 Percentage of planning applications permitted

Table 31 The number and result of planning appeals in 2013/14

Table 32 Total Number of Units Allowed at Appeal

Table 33 Neighbourhood Planning Designated Areas


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Abbreviations

AL Allocations of Land

AMR Authority Monitoring Report

AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

BREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment

Method (building standard)

CIL Community Infrastructure Levy

CP Core Policy

CLG Department for Communities and Local Government

EA Environment Agency

GDCP General Development Control Policies

HA Hectares

HDPF Horsham District Planning Framework

LDD Local Development Documents

LDF Local Development Framework

LDS Local Development Scheme

NI National Indicator

NPPF National Planning Policy Framework

ONS Office for National Statistics

PDL Previously Developed Land

PINS Planning Inspectorate

PPG/PPS Planning Policy Guidance Note/Statement

RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

SA/SEA Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment

document

SxBRC Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre

SDNP South Downs National Park

SDNPA South Downs National Park Authority

SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment

SEP South East Plan

SCI Statement of Community Involvement

SHLAA Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment

SHMA Strategic Housing Market Assessment

SSAL Site Specific Allocations of Land document

SPD Supplementary Planning Document

WSCC West Sussex County Council


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Use Class Order

A1 Shops

A2 Financial and Professional Services

B1 – a Business, Offices

B1 – b Business, Research and Development – Laboratories, Studios

B1 – c Business, Light Industry (also included within this AMR, CIDS B1– F

classification)

B2 General Industry

B8 Storage or Distribution

D2 Assembly & Leisure

(Please refer to the Use Classes Order 1987 (as amended) for further definition)

Acknowledgements

Horsham District Council would like to thank all those who have contributed to this

Authority Monitoring Report; in particular West Sussex County Council and Sussex

Biodiversity Record Centre.


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Executive Summary

Section 113 of the Localism Act 2011 requires the effects of a policy to be monitored

transparently to enable a plan to respond quickly to changing circumstances and to

implement change where a policy may not be working as anticipated.

The purpose of this Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) is to outline the progress

made by the Council in producing its Local Development Framework (LDF)

documents and to produce quantifiable feedback on the policies within those

documents. This is the tenth AMR to be produced and it covers the year from 1st

April 2013 to 31st March 2014.

The Town and Country Planning Act Regulations (2012) require Authority Monitoring

Reports to contain information on a range of matters including;

Progress made against meeting the timetable specified in the Districts Local

Development Scheme;

Details of all actions taken to meet the Duty to Co-operate during the

monitoring period;

The annual number of net additional dwellings or net affordable units

delivered each year in the plan period;

Details on all neighbourhood development plans and/or neighbourhood

development orders;

• Details on all CIL receipts and expenditure; and

• Any up to date information the District has collected for monitoring purposes.

Chapter 2 of this report presents an update of the Councils progress against the

Local Development Scheme (LDS) which was agreed by Council on the 25 July

20131. The document is available on the Council’s website. The Draft Broadbridge

Heath Quadrant Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) was prepared to assist

with the revitalisation of the Broadbridge Heath Quadrant area. Following agreement

at the Council Meeting on the 4th April 2014, the Draft Broadbridge Heath Quadrant

Supplementary Planning Document was published for a period of public consultation

running from Friday 9 May – Friday 13 June 2014 and subsequently extended to the

1 Whilst the publication of this report was outside of the 2012/13 monitoring year, it is an

important part of the plan making process, therefore reference has been made in this years AMR.


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20th June 2014 due to a clerical error on the original documentation. The document

was then formally agreed by Council on the 22nd October 2014.

In addition to the LDF, the District is also in the process of preparing a new planning

framework, known as the Horsham District Planning Framework (HDPF). This is

being prepared in accord with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The

Horsham District Planning Framework (HDPF) was examined between the 4th and

21st November 2014 and will be the long term development plan for the district to

2031.

Progress on the production of the HDPF remained strong throughout the monitoring

year with the Proposed Submission document being published for representations

between the 11th May – 27th June 2014. A full Examination in Public was then held

between the 3rd November and 21st November 2014. The Inspectors Initial Findings

were published in December 2015, the latest progress on the HDPF Examination is

on the web site2. The Council has also been carrying out work towards the

production of various evidence base studies to support the development of the HDPF

and a full list of these is included in Chapter 3.

Chapter 3 provides a summary of the actions taken to meet the Duty to Co-operate

(DtC) during the monitoring period and a timetable of any future actions which are

outstanding. This year has seen the submission of the HDPF and a statement of

compliance with DtC. In addition, HDC received confirmation through the Inspectors

Initial findings that the HDPF had passed the test of soundness in that the plan had

met the legal Duty to Cooperate.

Chapter 4 presents information on a range of indicators used to monitor how well the

Council is performing against the targets set out in the adopted Local Development

Framework and associated Sustainability Appraisals. The information presented

shows that the Council is making good progress against national targets such as

additional employment floorspace BD1: The 2013/14 figures show that 6898.66m2 of

gross internal floorspace of employment space was completed in the Horsham

District in 2013/14.

2 Examination web page http://www.horsham.gov.uk/planningpolicy/planning-policy/horsham-

district-planning-framework-examination


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Chapter 5 presents the Districts current housing land supply position including the

number of net additional dwellings and affordable units delivered over the monitoring

period. The Chapter also sets out the Districts Housing Implementation Strategy

(HIS). The Council continues to monitor housing delivery against the former South

East Plan figure as the evidence supporting it continues to be the most recent

evidence to be tested through the examination process. The Council also continues

to use the Sedgefield method of calculation where the Councils historic undersupply

is spread across the five year plan period as opposed to the rest of the plan period as

has been the case in the past. The net number of affordable housing completions in

the District has also risen from 98 in 2012/2013 to 147 in 2013/2014 gross.

The financial crisis and economic downturn experienced since 2008 had an

unprecedented influence on house building in the local area, meaning the build out

rates on the two large strategic sites has not come forward as quickly as anticipated.

Whilst the delivery of these sites was slower than anticipated to begin with, the

delivery of both strategic sites is now fully underway with 274 units already being

completed on the West of Horsham site and 75 units completed on the West of

Bewbush site.

Whilst strong progress has been made towards meeting the housing target (650) set

in the revoked South East Plan, with 826 new homes being completed during the

monitoring period, the District continues to have a lack of five year housing land

supply. Although the deficit has reduced since the last monitoring year, the District

only has a 64.8% supply of housing against the South East Plan target.

Chapters 6 provides a summary of actions taken towards delivering neighbourhood

planning. There are currently 16 designated areas in Horsham district comprising 20

parishes. Nuthurst and Henfield Parish have published their Regulation 14 (pre-

Submission) consultation document, while Nuthurst, Henfield and Shermanbury have

consulted the authority on their SA scoping report documents.

Finally Chapter 7 provides an overview of the actions taken towards delivering CIL.

The Council undertook public consultation on the Community Infrastructure Levy

(CIL) Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule between May and June 2014. No CIL

receipts have been received this year.


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Taken as a whole, the data reported in this AMR provides an update to the baseline

data established in previous reports.


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Chapter 1: Introduction

Introduction

1.1 This Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) is the tenth to be produced under Section

35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as amended by section

113 of the Localism Act 2011. It will set out the progress made in relation to the

Council’s Local Development Framework (LDF) for the period covering the 1st

April 2013 to the 31st March 2014.

1.2 The intention of the AMR is to provide an update on the progress of the LDF by

reporting on a range of indicators, some formerly prescribed by the CLG and

others included within the Council’s LDF Documents. Whilst the requirement to

report on the CLG Core Output Indicators has now been revoked, for consistency

the former methodology has been used. At the present time, the monitoring period

remains 12 months, however this is something which may be reviewed as a new

monitoring framework is established for the Horsham District Planning Framework

(HDPF).

1.3 The AMR includes details on actions taken to meet the Duty to Co-operate and

presents information on the Districts housing land supply. The later chapters also

present a summary of the progress made towards the delivery of Neighbourhood

Plans and the Community Infrastructure Levy.

Who prepared this Authority Monitoring Report?

1.4 This AMR has been prepared by the Strategic Planning Team, who are

responsible for the development and implementation of the Local Development

Framework and the HDPF as it progresses.

2013/14 Authority Monitoring Report

1.5 As per the requirements of section 113 of the Localism Act, the 2013/14 AMR was

made available to the public by being published on the Councils website.


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1.6 Where possible existing data sources of evidence have been used however the

Council is continually evolving its monitoring system to take account of changes in

monitoring data. The AMR also continues to monitor the Districts 5-year supply of

housing land together with the number of net additional dwellings or net

affordable units delivered each year in the plan period.

1.7 The challenge in reporting on the progress of the Local Development Framework

and its constituent policies is to cut through the plethora of available data and

provide a report that is concise, readable and relevant. It remains a priority to

avoid an overly complex report, with the principal objective being to make the

process of policy creation and implementation as transparent as possible, whilst

ensuring relevant evidence is available to support planning policy.

1.8 There is no requirement to consult on the AMR however, should you have any

suggestions on how this AMR could be improved; the Strategic Planning Team

would welcome your comments:

Strategic Planning Team

Horsham District Council

Park North, North Street,

Horsham

West Sussex, RH12 1RL

E-mail: [email protected]

Tel: 01403 215398

mailto:[email protected]


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Chapter 2: Update and review of the Local Development Scheme

Introduction

2.1. The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as amended by section 113 of the

Localism Act 2011 requires the production of a Local Development Scheme (LDS).

The Local Development Scheme, July 2013-2016, was agreed by Council on the 25

July 2013 and sets out the timetable for the preparation of Local Development

Documents (LDD) which, together with other supporting documents make up the

LDF. The LDS reflects the Council’s key strategic planning priorities and sets out the

‘key milestones’ for the production of each of the LDDs.

2.2. In addition to the LDF the council is also well underway with the preparation of the

Horsham District Planning Framework (HDPF) which sets the Districts long term

development plan to 2031. The HDPF was subject to an Examination in Public in

November 2014 and an Inspectors Interim Findings were published in December

2014, further updates of the progress of the HDPF Examination are on the web site3.

It is anticipated that the LDF will be updated to set out the timetable for the, further

Examination and adoption of this document once the Inspectors decision has been

received.

Period 1st April 2013 – 31st March 2014

2.3. The 2013/14 monitoring period was characterised by the production of the ‘Horsham

District Planning Framework Proposed Submission’ consultation document and

Broadbridge Heath Supplementary Planning Document.

3 Examination web page http://www.horsham.gov.uk/planningpolicy/planning-policy/horsham-

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Development Plan Documents

Horsham District Planning Framework (formerly the Core Strategy Review)

2.4. The Horsham District Planning Framework (HDPF) has developed through various

consultation stages since 2009. The HDPF outlines the Districts long term

development plan to 2031, taking account of the latest government changes and

outlining sites for further strategic development.

2.5. Progress on the production of the HDPF remained strong throughout the monitoring

year with the Proposed Submission document being published for representations

between the 11th May – 27th June 2014. A full Examination in Public was then held

between the 3rd November and 21st November 2014.

Gypsy, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople

2.6. The Government’s Planning Policy for Traveller Sites was published in March

2012which requires planning authorities to make their own assessment of local need

for the purposes of planning and plan for sites over a reasonable timescale. They

must use evidence to plan positively and manage development using ‘a robust

evidence base to establish accommodation needs to inform the preparation of Local

Plan and make planning decisions’. The Government Policy also states that: ‘Plan

making and decision taking should aim to reduce the number of unauthorised

developments and encampments and make enforcement more effective.’ It states

that local Planning policies need to be fair, realistic and inclusive; and Planning

policies should increase the number of Traveller sites in appropriate locations with

planning permission, to address under-provision and maintain an appropriate level of

supply.

2.7. The Council has published a Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople

Accommodation Needs Assessment (Dec 2012). The study assessed the views of

each Gypsy and Traveller household in the District and identified whether there is an

accommodation need within the local authority’s area by assessing if pitches and

plots are overcrowded or will need expanding due to increased households. The

study also assessed the future needs of Travelling Showpeople in the District.


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2.8. The outcome of the study identified that there were 96 households in the District and

that there was a need for an additional 39 pitches to be delivered between 2010 –

2017 (29 pitches are required due to the backlog and 10 are required due to future

family formation), 18 pitches between 2018 – 2022 and 21 pitches between 2023 –

2027.

2.9. The study identified that there was no need for an additional Travelling Showpeople

sites up until 2017, however based on family formation there will be a requirement

for an additional 4 pitches by 2027.

2.10. Once the Horsham District Planning Framework is adopted applications will be

determined against HDPF Policies as currently drafted; policies 20 – Strategic

Policy: Gypsy and Traveller Sites Allocations, Policy 21 – Gypsy and Traveller Sites

and Policy Strategic Policy: Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation.

Supplementary Planning Documents

Facilitating Appropriate Development

2.11. The Facilitating Appropriate Development SPD is still in place to address the

housing shortfall, by providing pro-active policy guidance to maintain housing

provision. There has historically been a higher provision of larger windfall sites within

the District and it is anticipated that this will continue once the economy starts to

recover. Currently the trajectory includes an allowance of 105 small windfall sites per

year, as permitted by the Inspector’s Binding Report on the Site Specific Allocations

of Land DPD (November 2007).

Broadbridge Heath SPD

2.12. The Draft Broadbridge Heath Quadrant Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

was prepared to assist with the revitalisation of the Broadbridge Heath Quadrant

area. Following agreement at the Council Meeting on the 4th April 2014, the Draft

Broadbridge Heath Quadrant Supplementary Planning Document was published for

a period of public consultation running from Friday 9 May – Friday 13 June 2014 and

subsequently extended to the 20th June 2014. The document was then formally

agreed by Council on the 22nd October 2014.


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Local Development Framework Documents

2.13. Listed below are the Council’s adopted documents which make up the Local

Development Framework.

Core Strategy DPD, 2007

Site Specific Allocations of Land DPD, 2007

General Development Control Polices DPD, 2007

Planning Obligations SPD, 2007

West of Horsham Masterplan SPD, 2008

Storrington Old Mill Drive Diamond Planning Brief SPD, 2008

Henfield Parish Design Statement SPD, 2008

Warnham Parish Design Statement SPD, 2008

Horsham Town Design Statement SPD, 2008

West of Bewbush Joint Area Action Plan DPD, 2009

West of Horsham Design Principles and Character Areas SPD, 2009

Brinsbury Centre of Rural Excellence SPD, 2009

Facilitating Appropriate Development SPD, 2009

Rudgwick Parish Design Statement SPD, 2009

Billingshurst Parish Design Statement SPD, 2009

Southwater Parish Design Statement SPD, 2010

Statement of Community Involvement, 2011

Horsham Town Plan SPD, 2012

Pulborough Parish Design Statement, SPD 2013

Shipley Parish Design Statement, SPD 2013

Broadbridge Heath, SPD (Formally agreed but not adopted 2014)

Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment and Equalities Impact Assessment

2.14. During the 13/14 monitoring year the Sustainability Appraisal of the Horsham District

Planning Framework Submission document was published in support of the HDPF.


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Evidence Base Documents

2.15. In addition to the documents mentioned in this Chapter, the Council has produced

evidence to inform and support the development of the HDPF. These documents are

listed below, those shaded in yellow were undertaken and or published during the

monitoring year;

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) Interim Report,

September 2009

Future Prosperity of Horsham Town Framework Report, February 2010

Locally Generated Needs Study, April 2010

Locally Generated Needs Study Additional Analysis Report, Aug 2010

Infrastructure Study, May 2010

Retail Needs Study, June 2010

Affordable Housing Viability Study, August 2010

Employment Land Review, October 2010

Green Infrastructure Visioning Document, August 2011

Gypsy, Travellers & Travelling Show people Sites Document, Nov 2011

Locally Generated Needs Study Update Report, December 2011

Locally Generated Needs Study Census 2011 Update, September 2012

SHMA Update, October 2012

Appropriate Assessment November 2012

Market Appraisal on the Current and Potential Future Demand for Business

Space in Horsham District – Feb 2014

HDC Sports, Open Space and Recreation Study, Feb 2014

Economic Growth Assessment, April 2014

Landscape Capacity Assessment Report, April 2014

Horsham Transport and Development Study & Addendum, April 2014

Community Infrastructure Levy Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule, May 2014

HDC Infrastructure Delivery Plan, May 2014

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment, Jul 2014

Horsham Town Centre Capacity Study, August 2014

Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA), Oct 2014


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Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)

2.16. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires Local Authorities to

maintain an adequate supply of housing sites in their area. As part of this process,

Councils must give consideration to where housing development would be best

located and must assess all potential opportunities for development locations. The

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) is the process of gathering

together this information to create a portfolio of housing sites which may be used to

inform a strategy for future planning purposes. The assessment helps authorities

such as Horsham to identify potential locations for housing, either to be allocated

through the Horsham District Planning Framework or Neighbourhood Plans .

2.17. The 2013/14 monitoring year saw the production of the first full SHLAA Report which

was published in March 2014 which included consultation with parish councils and

adjoining authorities.

2.18. A SHLAA Review Report was then published in July 2014 in support of the HDPF

examination. This review report has a base date of the 4th July. The information in

this report supersedes that presented in the SHLAA Report, March 2014. The

findings of the SHLAA present a snap-shot of information held in the Council’s

database at that time. The SHLAA is a living document and data is gathered on an

ongoing basis and it is proposed to be updated on an annual basis.


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Chapter 3: Monitoring Progress to fulfil the Duty to Cooperate

3.1. The Localism Act 2011 and the National Planning Policy Framework 2012

(NPPF) place a Duty to Cooperate on local planning authorities and other

prescribed bodies to address strategic planning issues relevant to their areas in

the preparation of their Local Plans and other planning documents and to work

together on such issues. HDC are obliged to determine what work needs to be

done at a strategic level and in doing so decide how we are to work with

neighbouring authorities to bring forward the required levels of growth.

Demonstrating this commitment is done via the Duty to Co-operate.

3.2. This task, managed by the Spatial Planning team as an integral part of the

statutory responsibility to produce an up to date Local Plan.

How the Council plan to demonstrate the duty? 3.3. Statement of compliance: This is prepared for submission alongside any

Development Plan Documents being prepared and it details the outcomes of co-

operation. The document explains how all the various bodies have been given

adequate opportunity to influence the plan and that meaningful discussions have

taken place about how to deliver on the plan objectives.

3.4. Memorandum of Understanding: These will be produced as appropriate

setting out the arrangements to come to some agreement on identified key

strategic issues.

3.5. Joint working arrangements: This is generally a jointly prepared evidence

base where key strategic issues cross boundaries.

3.6. Statement of Common Ground: Where necessary, statements will be prepared

and approved by Council with other Local Planning authorities and other public

bodies. The Statement of Common Ground will be a factual statement setting

out what steps have been taken to comply with the Duty with regard to identified

issues and areas of agreement regarding this key strategic cross-boundary issue

affecting an area that is wider than two or more authorities.


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3.7. Timetable: The following timetable has been prepared in order to meet the Duty

to Co-operate requirement for DPD documents. The areas shaded in yellow

represent the work undertaken in the 2013/14 monitoring period.

Table 1: Timetable for implementing the Duty to Co-operate

Milestone Indicator Action October 2011 Localism Act in force Start of compliance

with paragraph 110, Duty to Co-operate

October 2011 onwards Review and identification of existing methods and structures for strategic planning which can also be used for the Duty to Co-operate

Duty to Co-operate added to agendas and outcomes of co-operation noted

Evidence produced -joint working with other Local Planning Authorities on Strategic issues

SHMA Update October 2012– joint working HDC, CBC & MSDC

Approval of documents and using these to inform policy development.

Evidence proposed -joint working with other Local Planning Authorities on Strategic issues

CIL viability study (CBC & HDC) Economic Growth Assessment (HDC, CBC & MSDC)

Ongoing

Submission of the HDPF to the Planning Inspectorate Autumn 2014

Submission of the HDPF and a statement of compliance with the DtC

Completed

Examination of HDPF late 2014

Report that 1 the legal test has been met and that 2 that in terms of the test of soundness the plan has met the Duty to Cooperate.

Letter received from the Inspector with initial findings that the Duty to Cooperate has been met

How HDC has satisfied the Duty to Cooperate to date 3.8. The Duty to Co-operate was formally introduced through paragraph 110 of the

Localism Act, however, advice about the Duty to Co-operate was not available

when the Act was published. Although Draft Guidance has now been issued

within the National Planning Practice Guidance, the primary source of information

about the Duty to Co-operate has emerged from Examinations into Local Plans.

For this reason HDC has sought to satisfy the Duty to Co-operate through the

continuation and strengthening of joint working with between other local planning

authorities.


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3.9. The Northern West Sussex Authorities; Horsham District Council, Crawley

Borough Council and Mid Sussex District Council have a long history of working

together on issues of mutual importance and across a wide range of services.

The authorities also work with partners in the wider ‘Gatwick Diamond’ area to

address strategic planning issues. The aim of this work is to promote the

continued prosperity of the Gatwick Diamond and plan for its future growth. As

part of this wider area, the three authorities have worked on and signed up to the

Gatwick Diamond Local Strategic Statement and the Memorandum of

Understanding. More recently, the three authorities became part of the new

‘Coast to Capital’ Local Enterprise Partnership. The Coast to Capital Local

Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is currently developing a ‘Growth Plan’. This

strategy has the potential to be a significant factor in the way in which resources

are prioritised and directed to infrastructure projects. These groupings involve

officers including the Corporate Management team as well as members. The

Duty to Cooperate is now a part of the agenda for most meetings.

3.10. The Council are using both formal and informal working arrangements, many of

which will have evolved over time. However, it has also taken stock of the

existing groupings to decide which are suitable to meet the Duty to Co-operate.

Those groups that already deal with strategic issues such as the Northern West

Sussex, Gatwick Diamond and LEP already fulfil this purpose. Other groups that

have been set up to address the Duty to Co-operate are set out in the table 2 and

3.


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3.11. Table 2: Groups used to discuss the Duty to Co-operate

Group Members Supporting Documents

Northern West Sussex Authorities

Horsham, Crawley and Mid-Sussex District Councils

Joint Evidence – SHMA, CIL viability (CBC and HDC only), Economic Needs Assessment Position Statement

Gatwick Diamond

Horsham, Crawley, Tandridge, Reigate, Epsom & Ewell, Mole Valley and Mid Sussex District and Borough Councils and West Sussex and, Surrey County Councils

Local Strategic Statement (November 2010), also has an action plan and memorandum of understanding

LEP Stretches from Croydon to Brighton and along the coast. The partnership areas are Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership Coastal West Sussex Croydon Development and Cultural Partnership Gatwick Diamond Initiative Rural West Sussex

They are developing a new Strategic Economic Plan. Evidence has been gathered for this which HDC have provided input to and reviewed.

Table 3: Other groups used to discuss the Duty to Co-operate

Group Members Supporting Documents

Coastal West Sussex and Greater Brighton

All LPA’s along the coast in West Sussex, B&H and Lewes and south Downs National Park – have a Strategic Planning Board

Draft Local Strategic Statement October 2013 Housing Study (Duty to Co-operate) May 2013

Surrey Connect

LEP for Surrey The Big Debate – consultation on their emerging strategy July 2013


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Chapter 4: Housing

4.1 The NPPF states that authorities must illustrate their expected rate of housing

delivery through a housing trajectory for the plan period and set out a housing

implementation strategy describing how they will maintain delivery of a five year

supply of housing land to meet their housing target.

Housing Implementation Strategy

The requirement to provide a HIS is identified in the National Planning Policy

Framework (NPPF) which states that local planning authorities should: "for market

and affordable housing, illustrate the expected rate of housing delivery through a

housing trajectory for the plan period and set out a housing implementation strategy

for the full range of housing describing how they will maintain delivery of a five-year

supply of housing land to meet their housing target” (paragraph 47, 4th bullet point

4.2 This Housing Implementation Strategy (HIS) has been prepared in support of the

Districts Local Development Framework comprising the adopted Core Strategy, 2007

and General Development Control Policies DPD

4.3 The Council recognises that it does not have a 5 year supply against the Former

former South East Plan target. This Strategy sets out in detail the Council’s proposed

approach to manage the delivery of housing over the LDF plan period to 2026.

Specifically it identifies:

• The sources of housing supply that contribute to meeting the Plan’s housing

targets;

• the timescales for the phasing and delivery of development on sites set out in

the LDF housing trajectory;

• the potential risks to housing delivery, both in terms of meeting the overall

Plan target and ensuring a continuing five year supply of housing land;

• potential contingencies for addressing these risks, where necessary; and

• the Council’s proposed approach to monitoring and managing housing

delivery.


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Housing Delivery

4.4 Horsham District Council was the third Council in the country to have its Core

Strategy found sound following independent examination. The housing targets set out

in the Core Strategy, 2007 were based on the figures set out in Policy NE1 of the

West Sussex Structure Plan 2001-2016. This was rolled forward to 2018, resulting in

a gross provision of 10,575 dwellings over the plan period.

4.5 The Regional Spatial Strategy for the South East, the former South East Plan (SEP)

was later published in May 2009. This covered the plan period 2006 to 2026 and

although accepting the locally set number in the LDF, it increased the housing

allocation to the District to 13,000 dwellings, equating to 650 dwellings per annum;

three years after the plan period started and two years after the CS was adopted.

4.6 Prior to the publication of this AMR, it has always been the Council’s position to

monitor housing delivery against both the Core Strategy and revoked South East

Plan. However recent Case Law; RMC Engineering appeal (DC/10/1457) made it

clear that whilst the former South East Plan was formerly revoked on the 25th March

2013, the evidence supporting it continues to be the most recent evidence to be

tested through the examination process. Therefore from 2012/13, the Council made

the decision to monitor its housing target solely against the revoked South East Plan

target.

4.7 The base date for the South East Plan trajectory was 1st April 2006 and ran to the

31st March 2026. Figure 1 presents a detailed housing trajectory of the plan period,

showing past net completions between 2006 and 2014 and an estimate of projected

housing delivery to 2026.

4.8 There are several sources of housing which are contributing towards this provision;

Housing completions for the period 2006 – 2014;

Planning permissions or homes agreed for release;

Strategic sites at land West of Horsham and West of Kilnwood Vale; and

Sites allocated through the Site Specific Allocations of Land DPD.


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4.9 Appendix 4 monitors the delivery of the sites allocated through the Site Specific

Allocations of Land DPD while Appendices 5 and 6 provide a full list of the large and

small sites making up this supply.

4.10 Table 12 monitors the delivery of strategic sites at land West of Horsham and West of

Kilnwood Vale. The table indicates the anticipated phasing of both of the strategic

developments and is updated annually to show actual as well as expected

completions. It should be noted that the allocated number of units for the land West

of Horsham development has now risen from 2007 units to 2053 due to permission

for an extra care home being granted on the Berkeley’s site (DC/12/2298).

4.11 The financial crisis and economic downturn experienced since 2008 had an

unprecedented influence on house building in the local area, meaning the build out

rates on the two large strategic sites has not come forward as quickly as anticipated.

Whilst the delivery of these sites was slower than anticipated to begin with, it can be

seen from Table 4 that the delivery of both strategic sites is now fully underway with

274 units already being completed on the West of Horsham site and 75 units

completed on the West of Bewbush site.

Table 4: Net Actual and Estimated Delivery of the West of Bewbush and West of

Horsham Strategic Developments

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12

-13

20

13

-14

20

14

-15

20

15

-16

20

16

-17

20

17

-18

20

18

-19

20

19

-20

20

20

-21

20

21

-22

20

22

-23

20

23

-24

20

24

-25

20

25

-26

Total

West of Expected 0 0 30 80 120 160 220 280 280 215 300 275 275 190 2500

Bewbush Completed 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

West of Expected 0 0 219 256 359 221 221 111 72 72 72 72 72 32 2053

Horsham Completed 61 213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Figure 1: Former South East Plan Housing Trajectory for Horsham District 2013/14

Horsham District: Net actual and projected housebuilding; 2006 to 2026

ACTUAL COMPLETIONS

PROJECTED COMPLETIONS

2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26

Completions (allocated sites) 153 75 39 142 16 85 193 323 280 336 501 395 441 391 467 382 412 387 368 222

Completions (non-allocated sites) 281 194 318 146 196 200 320 556 433 262 206 210 204 126 100 75 0 0 0 0

Additional permissions post 2013/14 monitoring year 79 213 110 40 30 30 10 0 0 0 0 0

Total Past Completions 434 269 357 288 212 285 513 879

Total Projected Completions 792 811 817 645 675 547 577 457 412 387 368 222

Estimated losses 41 48 51 53 52 24 29 53 3 3 21 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0

Past net completions 393 221 306 235 160 261 484 826 0 0

Projected net completions 789 808 796 644 675 539 577 457 412 387 368 222

Cumulative net completions 393 614 920 1155 1315 1576 2060 2886 3675 4483 5279 5923 6598 7137 7714 8171 8583 8970 9338 9560

Former SEP. Annualised net 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650 650

Monitor. Position above/below zero indicates how many dwellings above or below the cumulative allocation at any point in time -257 -686 -1030 -1445 -1935 -2324 -2490 -2314 -2175 -2017 -1871 -1877 -1852 -1964 -2037 -2230 -2468 -2731 -3013 -3441

Manage. Annual requirement taking into account past/projected completions 650 664 688 711 740 779 816 842 843 848 852 858 885 915 977 1057 1207 1473 2015 3663


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Figure 2: Horsham District Housing former South East Plan Trajectory graphs (net) 2006 – 2026


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Housing Requirement

4.12 The level of housing which the District is required to deliver annually is shown by

the green shaded row in the trajectory table and green line on the graph. This

target is known as the ‘Annualised net housing requirement’.

4.13 The Annualised net housing requirement for the SEP is 650 dwellings per year.

This is calculated by dividing the total housing requirement for the plan period

(13,000) by the number of years in the plan (20).

4.14 The Council is required, through paragraph 47 of the NPPF to ‘identify and update

annually a supply of specific deliverable housing sites sufficient to provide five

years’ worth of housing against their housing requirements with an additional 5%

(moved forward from later in the plan period) ‘to ensure choice and competition in

the market for land’. This requirement to be able to show a five year housing land

supply is similar to that required by previous guidance PPS3 Housing (June

2010).

4.15 Using the Sedgefield approach to calculate five year housing land supply where

undersupply is spread across the five year plan period, the housing requirement

for the five year supply against the former South East Plan is 5,564 units. This is a

projected five year supply covering the period 2014/15 to 2018/19.

4.16 An additional 5% buffer is then also added ‘ensure choice and competition in the

market for land’’ meaning the five year requirement with the additional 5% buffer,

is 5,727 units. It is considered that a 5% buffer is appropriate as the Council’s

overall performance since 2006 has not been one of persistent under delivery.

This decision has been upheld by Planning Inspectors at appeals in 2011, 2012,

2013 and 2014.

Housing Supply

4.17 The housing trajectory shown in Figure 1 illustrates the housing position for the

District. The pale blue colouring in the table and graphs presents the number of

units delivered since the outset of the SEP plan period. The burgundy shaded

area shows the number of additional dwellings projected to be completed over the

remainder of the plan period. These units are also known as ‘commitments’.


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4.18 Over the previous eight years (2006 – 2013), 2,886 net dwellings have been

completed. The net additional dwellings completed for the monitoring year

2012/13 was 826. This is a significant increase on the number of units completed

in the previous monitoring year and is a clear indication that the economic

situation in the District is now improving.

4.19 The five year housing supply starting 2014/15 and ending 2018/19 equates to

3,712 projected net completions. This figure takes into account projected net

completions between 2014/15 and 2018/19, together with large sites (6+

dwellings) granted permission from 1st April 2014 to 29th October 2014 when the

AMR trajectory was prepared. A full list of these additional sites is presented in

Table 2.

4.20 The method for calculating a five year supply of housing is detailed below:

5 year requirement 3,250

Historic Undersupply 2,314

5% Buffer (5% of 650* x 5) 162.5

5 year Requirement including buffer 5,727

Projected net completions (5 yrs) 3,712

Projected completions above/below requirement -2,015

5 year housing land supply against SEP (%) 64.8%

*650 = South East Plan annual housing target

The Position

4.21 The five year supply position (2014/15 to 2018/19) against the former South East

Plan is 2,015 units below the five year requirement of 5,727 units (including a 5%

buffer) meaning the District currently has a five year housing supply of 64.8%.


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Table 5: Large sites granted permission, 1st April 2014 to 29th October 2014

Site Details Permission Date Units Fivash House, 9 Denne Parade DC/13/0714 09/05/2014 14

112 Brighton Road, Horsham DC/13/1794 14/05/2014 6

West End Lane, Horsham DC/13/0787 Permitted on appeal

160

1-5 Hayes Lane, Slinfold DC/13/2042 18/07/2014 23

Harwood House, Kings Road Horsham

DC/14/0725 01/08/2014 14

Linden House Chart Way Horsham West Sussex

DC/14/1311 07/10/2014 65

158 Crawley Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 4EU

DC/12/0764 10/09/2014 10

Rusper Road Ifield Crawley West Sussex DC/13/0368

31/07/2014 36

Martlett Corner, Church Street, Rudgwick DC/13/1385

08/09/2014 6

Land Adjoining Blackthorne Barn Marringdean Road Billingshurst DC/13/2379

28/10/2014 50

Land South of Summerfold Church Street Rudgwick DC/14/0878

07/10/2014 25

Envision House 5 North Street, Horsham DC/14/1880

27/10/2014 18

Bishops Weald House, Albion Way, Horsham DC/14/1897

30/10/2014 40

Prewetts Mill, Worthing Road DC/14/1909 24/10/2014 45

TOTAL 512

4.22 The position above or below the cumulative allocation at any one point in time is

shown on the trajectories by the red ‘Monitor: Position above or below zero’ row in

the trajectory table and by the red line on the graphs.

4.23 The trajectory shows that if development were to continue at the current rate,

there would be a shortfall of 3,391 units at the end of the plan period.

4.24 The annual average number of net additional dwellings needed to meet overall

housing requirements, having regard to previous years’ performance, is shown on

the orange row of the trajectory table (Manage, Annual requirement taking into

account past/projected completions) and by the orange line on the graph.


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4.25 Looking at Figure 6, it can be seen that the burgundy coloured bars, showing the

future plan period, allow the relative importance of strategic development, to be

gauged in the overall estimated delivery rates.

4.26 The red line graph underneath the bars indicates the overall position in terms of

performance against the cumulative housing allocation at any point in time.

4.27 Against the SEP target, this indicates that past and projected completions remain

under the cumulative housing allocation at every point during the plan period. The

shortfall identified is due to a number of factors such as the increased housing

figures for the District compared to those allocated through the Core Strategy,

2007 and the shortfall of housing delivery in recent years due to the economic

slowdown. Notwithstanding this. The trajectory demonstrates that the economy is

now picking up and the delivery of the two strategic sites is now well underway

with housing completions in the 2013/14 monitoring year being well 176 units

above the 650 target.

Future Delivery

4.28 The Council recognises that it currently does not have a five year housing land

supply, therefore it has taken various measures to support and bring forward the

delivery of housing to bridge this gap. These measures are explained in detail

over the following paragraphs;

Duration of planning consent

4.29 Following changes to Section 51 if the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act,

2004, the Council has chosen to resist requests for the duration of consent to be

granted for longer than three years from the date at which permission is given, in

order to bring forward development. The FAD SPD suggests that to bring sites

forward sites should be immediately deliverable and the Council has been

imposing an 18 month time limit on these permissions


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Progression of Strategic Sites

4.30 The Council has a dedicated team of Officers responsible for working closely with

developers to secure the delivery of major and strategic sites to minimise delays

in delivery.

4.31 Where necessary, the Council has also taken clear action to overcome

constraints to delivery which could prevent development coming forward in the

anticipated timescales. For example, for the West Horsham development, the

balance between infrastructure and affordable housing was negotiated to ensure

the site was progressed, whilst the Council’s support of the Get Britain Building

Bid, the Local Infrastructure Bid and the Build to Rent Bid secured the delivery of

the Kilnwood Vale site, West of Crawley.

Facilitating Appropriate Development SPD

4.32 In addition to working closely with developers, the Council has also developed the

Facilitating Appropriate Development SPD which was approved by the Council in

May 2009. The FAD SPD is a criterion based approach allowing the Council to

respond to proposals sites adjoining built up area boundaries. The criteria have

been reviewed in the light of the NPPF and Appeal decisions and those parts of

the criteria which seek to meet housing need and boost supply are used to assist

in the determination of planning applications

4.33 Through the FAD SPD the Council is taking a pro-active approach to addressing

the shortfall in housing and assist in releasing appropriate sites for housing to

contribute towards the Districts housing land supply. This approach is proving

successful at delivering additional housing within the District. Table 6 contains a

list of sites that have been granted planning permission using the FAD SPD,

thereby demonstrating the Council’s approach is delivering housing and improving

the five year supply position:


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Table 6: Number of dwellings to have been delivered through the FAD, SPD

Site Address Application Reference

Date permitted Number of residential

units

Oddstones, Stane Street,

Pulborough

DC/09/0488 8 March 2010 87

Hilland Farm, Stane Street,

Pulborough

DC/11/0878 9 August 2011 67

Trollslund and The Rest,

Worthing Road, Southwater

DC/09/1923 30 June 2010 11

Marringdean Road,

Billingshurst

DC/10/0939 18 October 2011 150

Millfield,

Southwater

DC/11/0657 29 June 2012 131

Venters, Storrington Road,

Thakeham

DC/11/0111 23 May 2012 8

North of Highfield, Stane

Street, Pulborough

DC/11/0952 13 Dec 2012 103

Rascals Close/ Shipley

Road, Southwater

DC/10/1834 22 March 2013 29

Itchingfield Primary School DC/12/1894 17 Dec 2013 69

Penn Gardens DC/12/1975 13 June 2013 15

Blackthorne Barn,

Marringdean Road

DC/13/2379 28th Oct 2014 50

23-28 Land North of Ringley

Road

DC/13/1890 16th Dec 2014 33

Land at Junction of Stonepit

Lane, West End Lane,

Henfield

DC/13/0787 2nd June 2014 160

36 Rusper Road, Ifield DC/13/0368 31st July 2014 15

Land East of Billingshurst DC/13/0735 7th March 2014 475

Land at Daux Wood,

Marringdean Road

DC/13/0147 18th June 2014 46

Land South of Summerfold

Church

DC/14/0878 7th October 2014 25

Total to date* 1,474

4.34 The FAD SPD allows the Council to objectively assess proposals on a sustainable

basis in accordance with adopted planning policy and it has been demonstrated

that this approach is assisting with increasing the delivery of housing in the

District.

4.35 By taking all of the aforementioned measures, the Council is now in a much better

position moving forward than it otherwise would have been.


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The Horsham District Planning Framework

4.36 The Council has prepared a new planning framework (the HDPF) for which the

examination hearings as part of the Examination in Public (EiP) were held during

November 2014. The emerging plan identifies a housing target of 13,000 homes

to be delivered within the plan period 2011-2031 at an average of 650 homes per

annum.

Dwelling Completions & Site Density

4.37 Table 7 shows gross dwelling completions by site density for Horsham District

during the monitoring year, as required for part of CLG core indicator H2c. The

average density on small sites has decreased from last year’s figure of 17.9dph to

14.9dph. The average density on large sites has also decreased from 33.3dph to

30.2dph. The overall average density has decreased from 28.17dph to 25.4dph.

Table 7: Gross Dwelling Completions by Site Density 12/13

Dwellings Hectares Average Density (dph)

2013/14

Small Sites (1-9 units) 163 10.91 14.9

Large Sites (10+ units) 716 23.68 30.2

Total 879 34.59 25.4

2012/13



Total 513 18.21 28.17

2011/12



Total 285 10.64 26.8

2010/11



Total 205 8.21 25.0

2009/10



Total 283 8.88 32


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New and converted dwellings – on previously developed land

4.38 Table 8 shows the gross numbers and percentage of new and converted

dwellings on Greenfield and on PDL (previously developed, or ‘Brownfield’ land)

(CLG core indicator H3).

4.39 The figure show that there has been an increase in the number of gross

completions over the monitoring year, rising from 513 in the 2012/13 AMR to 879

in the 2013/14 AMR. The percentage of completions on Brownfield sites has

fallen this monitoring period to 37.4% of new or converted dwellings on previously

developed land. This is due to the large the strategic sites at West of Horsham

and West of Bewbush now being delivered. The average for the last 10 years

however is 77.5%.

Table 8: Numbers and proportions of gross completions on previously developed land

Greenfield PDL Total

2003/04 119 555 674

17.7% 82.3%

2004/05 59 331 390

15.1% 84.9% 100%

2005/06 63 640 703

9% 91% 100%

2006/07 33 401 434

7.6% 92.4% 100%

2007/08 68 201 269

25.3% 74.7% 100%

2008/09 62 295 357

17% 83% 100%

2009/10 12 276 288

4% 96% 100%

2010/11 33 179 212

16% 84% 100%

2011/12 37 248 285

13% 87% 100%

2012/13 278 235 513

54% 46% 100%

2013/14 559 320 879

63.6% 36.4% 100%


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CLG Core Indicator H4: Net additional pitches (Gypsy and Travellers)

4.40 CLG core indicator H4 monitors the net additional gypsy and traveller

pitches. For the 2013/14 monitoring year. The Gypsy and Traveller Study

(2012) identified that there were 96 households in the District and that there

was a need for an additional 39 pitches to be delivered between 2010 – 2017

(29 pitches are required due to the backlog and 10 are required due to future

family formation), 18 pitches between 2018 – 2022 and 21 pitches between

2023 – 2027.It is anticipated that the Council will achieve its 5 year supply up to

2017 through the Gypsy and Traveller sites that have already received

planning permissions and the allocations set out in the HDPF. Since October

2012 15 Gypsy and Traveller sites have been granted planning permission,

those in this monitoring period are highlighted:

Site Application No. Pitches

1. Oakdene, Blackgate

Lane

DC/12/2093 (Sept 2013) 3

2. Greenfield Farm, West

Chiltington Lane

DC/12/0298 (Oct 2012) 1

3. Deer Farm Park,

Hampers Lane

DC/10/1974 (Mar 2014) 1

4. Fryern Road,

Storrington

DC/12/2345 (Apr 2014) 1

5. Greenfield Farm, West

Chiltington Lane

DC/13/2457 (June 2014) 4

6. Oaklands, Dial Post

DC/14/0875 (June 2014) 3

7. Land east of Swains

Cottage

DC/13/2191 (October

2014)

2

Total 15

4.41 With the proposed allocated sites and the sites that have received planning

permission a total of 42 pitches will be provided by 2017. If required, sites for

additional pitches and plots will be identified through the Site Allocations

Development Plan Document (DPD) as identified in Policy 21 – Gypsy and


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Traveller Sites. The Council is currently undertaking early work on identifying

available sites.

4.42 The number of gypsy caravans in the district can be monitored. A caravan count

is undertaken twice yearly and the information gathered is split into three

categories; authorised, unauthorised and trespassing. Table 9 provides the data

collected from the count undertaken in July 2014:

Table 9: Gypsy Count July 2014

July 2014

Authorised

Socially rented caravans 33

Private caravans 31

Total 64

Unauthorised

Number of caravans on sites on Gypsies own land 28

Number of caravans on sites on land not owned by Gypsies 3

Total 31

Total 95

4.43 The results of the count show there were 64 caravans on authorised pitches and

31 unauthorised pitches in the Horsham District in July 2014, meaning the overall

count was 95, 4 caravans less than July 2013. It should be noted that the count

only includes occupied units, not unoccupied units.

Gross affordable housing completions

4.44 CLG housing indicator H5 involves the monitoring of gross affordable housing

completions. This indicator relates closely to Core Strategy Spatial Objective 6 –

‘To meet the diverse needs of the communities and businesses of the District’.

The Core Strategy contains a clear and robust policy (CP12) on the level of

affordable housing that will be required in the District. It is expected that, over the

plan period, this policy will help to increase the level of affordable housing

delivered.


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Table 10: Affordable housing completions in Horsham District 09/10 - 13/14

4.45 Table 10 shows there were 239 gross affordable housing completions during

2013/14 which is significantly higher than previous years. The table shows that

the percentage of affordable housing completions has risen over time in

accordance with the principles set out in CP12. The larger individual sites which

contributed to this figure are set out in Table 11 below.

Table 11: Site Specific Affordable Housing 2012/13

2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross

Social/Affordable Rent

45 26 75 78 114 125

Intermediate (shared ownership)

2 7 8 20 33 114

Sub –total (Affordable)

47 33 83 98 147 239

Private housing 310 255 129 187 366 879

Total 357 288 212 285 513 1118

% affordable housing

13.16% 11.45% 39.2% 34.3% 26.7% 21.4%

Site Gross

Oddstones, Pulborough 9

Millfield, Southwater 52

Beech Grove, Storrington 3

Manor Road, Horsham Council 1

Martindale Farm, Southwater 16

Kilnwood Vale, Phase 1 25

Marringdean Rd, Billingshurst 27

Brookfield, Horsham 9

Bridge House, Horsham 49

Wickhurst Green, Phase 1 21

Wickhurst Green, Phase 2

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Total 239


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The Proportion of Affordable Housing provided on qualifying Residential Schemes

4.46 This indicator seeks to measure the number of affordable housing units secured

from all the relevant developments during the monitoring year. The target is 40%

of total dwellings above the relevant threshold. The 09/10 AMR reported that the

adopted policies now apply to all developments, therefore this will provide a key

indicator of the success of this policy. In accordance with CLG H5, these figures

may vary from other sources due to differences in definitions.


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Table 12: Affordable Housing: Qualifying Residential Schemes Granted

Planning Permission in 13/14

Site Site Total Affordable Units

Percentage of Affordable Housing

RMC Engineering Services Ltd Workshops, Storrington Road ,Washington, DC/13/0609

78 units

18

23%

Millfield, Southwater, DC/11/0657 130 units

52

40%

Heath Barn Farm, Broadbridge Heath DC/12/1172

34 units

13

38%

Highwood - off Windrum Close, west of Horsham, DC/11/2243

35 units

35

100%

Britons Croft, Steyning, DC/12/0430 20 units

20

100%

Adur View, Upper Beeding DC/12/1050

25 units

25

100%

The Firs, Horsham, DC/13/0429 27 units

11

41%

Wickhurst Green, DC/12/1651 101 units 20 20%

Wickhurst Green, DC/12/2202 320 units 64 20%

TOTAL 770 258 34% (average)

4.47 Having regard to the points made above, the data in Table 11, indicates that there

were 770 dwellings permitted during the 2013/14 monitoring period that met or

exceeded the CP12 threshold for affordable units (15 units or greater than 0.5ha

or Category 2 settlements). Of the 770 permitted, 258 are affordable units, giving

a total proportion of 34% affordable housing. Whilst Table 25 indicates that the

40% target for total units was not achieved through planning permissions granted

on qualifying residential schemes during 12/13, four of the ten sites did achieve

100% affordable housing and a further three met or came close to meeting the

target.

Household Tenure

4.48 The 2011 Census states there were 54,923 households in the Horsham District.

Approximately 74.5% of these were owner occupied (compared to 68% in the

South East). The housing offer in the District is focused predominantly towards

larger detached (40.2%) and semi-detached (27.6%) dwellings and house prices

reflect this. The Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) considers the

affordable housing need and demand for types of property within the Northern

West Sussex Housing Market Area (HMA), which includes the Horsham District.


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4.49 The SHMA Update 2014 identifies that the private rental market makes up a

significant element of the housing in the Northern West Sussex HMA, with a

consistent increase in rental lettings and market activity over the last 3 years –

particularly over the 2013/14 period. As a result of this increase in rental demand,

rental prices across all property sizes and types have increased, adding to the

challenge of affordability. The 2014 SHMA update identifies that the longer-term

trend is one of rising unaffordability in all three Northern West Sussex local

authorities, including Horsham. The affordability ratio for Horsham is currently

11:1, which is significantly above the ratio for England as a whole which is around

6:1.

4.50 The 2014 SHMA update identifies that the Northern West Sussex HMA witnessed

a significant price and sales decline during the recession, but has now started to

recover as the economy improves and housing consumer confidence grows.

Whilst price, rental and sales signals are now demonstrating more upward growth;

the challenges of affordability and access to housing finance remains.

4.51 The overall number of social sector properties in Northern West Sussex has

remained relatively static in the period 2009-2013. During this period, Horsham

has seen the greatest increase in social sector stock with an increase of 3% from

6,349 units in 2009 to 6,540 in 2013.

4.52 It is acknowledged that it has become increasingly difficult for people, especially

the young, to move onto the property ladder within the District, even those on

reasonable incomes. This is partly due to the significant barriers to market entry

which currently exists but also due to the higher than average house prices and

lack of provision of smaller 1 and 2 bedroom properties.

4.53 The SHMA Update, 2014 highlights that the proportion of households in Horsham

unable to afford to buy or rent housing in the private sector without support is

currently 63.4% and 45% respectively. The proportion unable to buy without

assistance is higher than the neighbouring authorities in Mid Sussex (62.7%) and

Crawley (62.5%).


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4.54 At the time of publication the average house price in Horsham was £312,492. This

compares to an average of £237,387 for West Sussex, and £240,070 for the

South East area (HM Land Registry, October 2014 Report). Figures show that

house prices across the District, County and Region have been rising steadily

since the publication of the 12/13 AMR, with the annual change in house prices in

West Sussex up by 10.4% compared to last year’s data, and up by 11.4% across

the South East.

4.55 The total number of sales in Horsham from December 2013 to December 2014

was 1,443 (Zoopla.com). This significantly higher than for the same period in

2011/12 (983), and for 2012/13 (1,095).

4.56 The Council also monitors affordable housing provision and the housing waiting

lists. At the end of March 2014 there were 485 households on the Councils

housing register. A decrease of 700 households compared to that reported in the

2012/13 AMR. This is due to a new allocation policy that effectively only includes

people on the waiting list that have lived in Horsham District for two years or

more.


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Chapter 5: Monitoring Indicators and Progress towards Targets

5.1 A key requirement of the AMR is to provide a contextual baseline position of the

social, environmental and economic circumstances in the District. A range of

indicators have been used to monitor the direct progress of LDF policies and the

significant effects identified through the Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic

Environmental Assessment (SA/SEA) process. A full list of the indicators used to

monitor local objectives is included in Appendix 1.

5.2 In addition to the usual sources of information, Horsham District Council has

commissioned a variety of evidence base documents which provide further, more

detailed information on the economic, social and environmental conditions of the

District. This enables the aforementioned contextual indicators to be monitored

more accurately.

Physical Environment

5.3 Horsham District is situated within the South East of England, in the county of

West Sussex. It covers an area of 530km² (205 miles²) and is predominantly rural

in nature. Villages and small market towns are distributed across the District, with

the largest urban area being the historic market town of Horsham. Due to historic

patterns of land use, much of the landscape of the District is still heavily wooded.

Around 6% of wooded areas are classified as ancient woodland. These areas

have been continuously wooded since the 1600s and support a range of plant

and animal species which cannot be replaced in new areas of woodland, as such

they are important in landscape terms and also for their biodiversity.

5.4 The landscape and biodiversity of Horsham District varies greatly. There is now

one Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB); the High Weald AONB which is

situated in the north-east of the District. The Sussex Downs AONB situated along

the southern boundary of the District was revoked on 31st March 2009 when work

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5.5 Just over 14.3% of Horsham District lies within the South Downs National Park.

The South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) came into being on 1 April

2010. The designation includes the former South Downs Area of Outstanding

National Beauty plus some additional areas. Shoreham Cement works, one of the

Councils allocations within the Site Specific Allocations of Land document is

located within the South Downs National Park.

5.6 Approximately 8% of the land area of the Horsham District is designated for its

importance in nature conservation terms. The Arun Valley Special Protection Area

(SPA) is of international importance and comprises 1% of the Districts area. There

are also 23 national Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), covering

approximately 3% of the total land area, 70 locally important Sites of Nature

Conservation Importance (SNCI) and 22 regionally Important Geological Sites

(RIGS) as designated by WSCC.

5.7 The analysis of accessible natural greenspace provision within the South East

commissioned by Natural England and the Forestry Commission in February

2007 concluded that Horsham District was well provided with accessible natural

greenspace with 68% of households being within 2 km of a greenspace of at least

20 ha in size. Overall 84% of households met one or more of the accessibility

standards, although the report uncovered several locations within the centre of

the District where households were more than 10 km from suitable greenspace

provision.

5.8 Figure 3 indicates the environmental designations within the Horsham District

including Ancient Woodland, Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Areas of

Outstanding Natural Beauty and the recently designated South Downs National

Park. It also shows the Built-up Area Boundaries of key urban areas, as

designated within the Core Strategy, 2007.

5.9 There are 32 landscape character areas in Horsham District which were

comprehensively assessed in a report first published in October 2003. At that time

the condition of many of the areas were found to be declining. Core Policy CP1

seeks to maintain and enhance the condition of the landscape character areas

over the life of the plan. The information reported under this indicator can

therefore only give a baseline assessment, the detail of which can be found in

Appendix 3.


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5.10 A comprehensive review of the Landscape Character Areas within the Horsham

District is being undertaken as part of the work contributing to the HDPF.

Figure 3: Horsham District: Key Environmental Designations


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Demographic Structure

5.11 The 2013 mid-year population estimates Census results show the District’s

population to now total 132,900.

5.12 In terms of population structure, males represent approximately 48.6% and

females 51.4% of the population. From July 2013 – Jun 2014 there were 69,000

(83.3%) economically active people in the Horsham District compared to 79.9% in

the South East. This is similar to previous years. The proportion of residents aged

16 – 64 was 60.3%, which is lower than the South-East average of 62.7% and

national average of 63.8%. This supports the ongoing trend that a high proportion

of Horsham’s population is outside the normal working age range.

5.13 Overall the north of the District is more heavily populated than the south and this

trend is likely to continue in light the two strategic developments allocated through

the Core Strategy 2007 and the proposed development on land north of Horsham

identified through the emerging HPDF.

5.14 The Census 2011 figures show the population of Horsham to be predominately

white British at 92% with the proportion of white ‘other’ making up the second

largest group at 4%. The remaining 4% is made from a variety of other ethnic

groups predominantly Asian.

5.15 According to the latest life expectancy at birth figures (2007-2009) Horsham

District residents enjoy a life expectancy of 80.5 years for men and 83.6 years for

women. This is the second longest life expectancy in West Sussex, with only

Crawley Borough ranked higher. Horsham residents also have a greater life

expectancy than the regional average which is 79.5 for men and 83.3 for women.

The national average compares at 78.3 for men and 82.3 for women (ONS).


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Social and Cultural Issues

5.16 Horsham District has a rich and varied heritage ranging from prehistoric sites to

Roman roads and more modern cultural centres such as The Capitol, Horsham

Museum, the Pavilions in the Park leisure centre and the leisure centre in

Billingshurst. Attendance at these facilities is high, albeit visitor numbers to the

Districts sports centres declined during the monitoring year from 993,697 to

970,771.

5.17 Other examples of the rich local heritage include Anglo-Saxon settlements, the

remains of the Wealden iron working industry and many timber framed buildings.

In addition to these sites, the District has approximately 1,800 listed buildings and

37 Conservation Areas all of which have been designated for their special

architectural or historic interest. Character Statements have been produced for

four of the Conservation Areas. Horsham Town also has a "Local List" of 40

historic buildings which are important to the local historic context of the area, but

are not protected nationally. This local list was adopted by the Council in 2011.

5.18 The District has approximately 50 Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs), 222

sites of archaeological interest and 6 registered historic parks and gardens. All

data on the statutory and local designations in the District is incorporated in the

Heritage Environmental Record (HER) held by WSCC.

Crime and Safety

5.19 Horsham District is generally a very safe place to live. Table 2 illustrates the crime

type and ten most notable offences reported in the Horsham District in 2012/13

(at the time of publication the 2013/14 dataset was unavailable). The table shows

there were 2,822 notable offences in 2012/13. This is a reduction in the number

reported in the 20010/11 AMR at 3720. The final column in Table 2 demonstrates

where crime figures have fallen or risen since 2010/11.


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Table 13: Horsham District Recorded Crime statistics April 2012 to March 2013

(ONS)

Crime Type

Number of crimes

April 2010 to

March 2011

2012/13

Data

Compariso

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Violence with Injury 753 294 ↓459

Violence without Injury (Includes Harassment and Assault)

4 401 ↑397

Robbery 244 13 ↓231

Theft from the Person 61 64 ↑3

Criminal Damage and Arson 182 743 ↑561

Domestic Burglary 272 256 ↓16

Non Domestic Burglary 14 375 ↑361

Vehicle Offences (Includes Theft of and from Vehicles)

76 383 ↑307

Drug Offences 1,034 218 ↓816

Sexual Offences 201 75 ↓126

Total 3720 2,822 898

Deprivation

5.20 The Index of Deprivation produced by the DCLG provides a useful indication of

the overall level of deprivation in a District by scoring a set of 38 indicators across

seven distinct domains; income, employment, health, education, housing, living

environment and crime. To allow Districts to be compared, the Index combines all

topics to produce a ranking system containing all 326 Local Authorities within

England. The ranking system is presented on a scale of 1 (most deprived) to 326

(least deprived).

5.21 As the indices is a ranking system, it is important to remember that it is a

comparison against other Local Authorities, therefore a high ranking does not

necessarily mean there is no deprivation, it just means there is less deprivation

compared to that in other areas. The Local Authority level result also combines

scores from numerous smaller areas within that location, meaning a high score

could mask the fact that there are pockets of severe deprivation hidden within the

larger picture of the District.


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5.22 The Indices of Deprivation, 2010 remains the latest figures to have been

produced by the Department of Communities and Local Government and shows

overall deprivation within the Horsham District to be relatively low with only 22

Local Authorities in the rest of the UK considered to be less deprived. This is a

reduction to that reported in the 2007 Indices where only 17 authorities were

considered to be less deprived. The indices of deprivation are currently being

updated for publication in summer 2015.

5.23 Table 11 compares 2010 County and Local Authority levels against the 2007

results. West Sussex as a whole fell two places from 132 in 2007 to 130 in 2010.

Whilst the study only measures in relative terms, the majority of Local Authorities

in West Sussex, had lower rankings in 2010 compared to those in 2007 with the

exception of Adur whose ranking improved.

5.24 On a District Level, the local authority rating calculation changed in 2010 due to

there being a reduction in the number of local authorities (354 down to 326). As a

result the figure expressed for 2007 is the locally calculated rank based on current

LA boundaries.

Table 14: Indices of Deprivation 2010: West Sussex (WSCC)

County Level (ranking out of 152 upper tier authorities)

Rank 2010 Rank 2007 Change

West Sussex 130 132 -2

East Sussex 90 95 -5

Hampshire 141 141 0

Brighton & Hove 53 59 -6

Surrey 150 150 0

Local Authority (ranking out of 326)

Published Rank

2010

Locally Calculated

Rank 2007 Change

Adur 145 129 +16

Arun 154 170 -16

Chichester 222 237 -15

Crawley 170 188 -18

Horsham 304 310 -6

Mid Sussex 315 318 -3

Worthing 160 160 0


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5.25 Table 11 shows that in 2010 Horsham was ranked 304 out of 326 authorities. This

means that approximately 94% of all Local Authorities within the UK experienced

higher levels of deprivation than can be found in the Horsham District. It should be

noted however that this is an average; therefore a wide range of scores could be

present within the smaller areas of Horsham that are masked by this figure.

Education

5.26 It was not possible to obtain education results for Horsham District during this

monitoring year as they were not available from the Department for Education. To

provide some information, the county statistics are available to view in Table 12

below. This indicator will be reviewed as part of the new monitoring framework

being prepared for the HDPF. Pupils in West Sussex are generally achieving

across all levels compared to those in the rest of the South East. The latest

education statistics from the Department for Education 2013, reveals that the

percentage of pupils in West Sussex achieving the expected level 4 or above at

Key Stage 2 (age 11) was 77%. Generally speaking West Sussex students are

performing worse at Key Stage 2 than the rest of West Sussex where 79%

achieved level 4 or above.

Table 15: Key Stage 2 Results: Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above

at Key Stage 2 in reading, writing and mathematics, West Sussex (DofE, 2013)

5.27 At GCSE level, the 2013 figures show that West Sussex Pupils are performing

approximately the same as those in the South East, with 66.2% achieving five or

more A*- C grade qualifications compared with an average of 66.9.% in the South

East and 63.2% for England.

5.28 The percentage of students gaining 5 or more GCSE passes at grade A*-G was

93.8% in West Sussex which was the same as the figure for the South East. The

percentage of pass grade A*-G and has the highest percentage of pupils gaining

Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 in

reading, writing and mathematics (DofE, 2013)

West Sussex 77

South East 79

England (all schools) 79


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Table 16: GCSE and equivalent results, percentage of pupils gaining: West

Sussex (DofE, 2013)

achieving 5+ A*-C achieving 5+ A*-G

West Sussex 66.2 93.8

South East 66.9 93.8

England 63.2 89.4

Economy & Employment

5.29 The ‘Northern West Sussex Economic Growth Assessment’ (EGA) was published

in April 2014 prepared jointly for the three Local Authorities covering the functional

economic area of Horsham, Crawley and Mid Sussex.

5.30 The report considered the local economy and the demand/ supply for employment

land, evaluated the options available for future growth and provided

recommendations for how the three authorities may best achieve economic

growth.

5.31 One of the largest employers for Horsham residents is Gatwick Airport. The EGA

2014 was based on the assumption that Gatwick Airport would develop to its

maximum capacity (45 million passengers per annum) within its existing runway

capacity but not anticipating any future policy decisions by the UK Government

regarding future airport expansion in the South East.

5.32 The Airports Commission Independent review into airport capacity and

connectivity has produced an Interim Report (December 2013) setting out that

there is a need for one additional runway to be in operation in the south east of

the UK by 2030. That will be taken forward for further detailed study including

proposals for new runways at Gatwick and Heathrow. The Davis Commissions

final report and recommendations are anticipated next year for public consultation

(autumn 2015) and a Government decision thereafter.

5.33 The Economic Growth Assessment identified important economic trends and

conditions up to 2013:

Employment: Horsham had 60,100 jobs in 2013 representing 7.8% growth

since 1997.

Key Sectors: Key employment growth sectors include business services,

retail, manufacturing, health and utilities.


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Gross Value Added in Horsham is higher than elsewhere in Sussex and the

south coast

Business demography: Horsham has a high proportion of small businesses

and above average new business formation rates, although the number of

VAT registered businesses has declined recently.

Commuting: 25,000 out commuters exceed the 14,600 workplace jobs filled

by in-commuters so Horsham is a net exporter of labour.

Labour market: disparity between resident earnings (high) and workplace

earnings (low) suggests out-commuting to higher paid jobs elsewhere.

Horsham is a net-exporter of labour.

Employment sites: Horsham had 14.7 ha of undeveloped planning allocations

for office, industry and warehousing based on pipeline information as at 2012

5.34 Unemployment within the District between July 2013 to June 2014 was 4.2%

(ONS). This is slightly lower than the figure reported in the 12/13 AMR and

significantly lower than the figure for the South East which stands at 5.0%. Table

7 shows historical levels of unemployment for comparison.

Table 17: Unemployment Rate (Nomis)

Horsham District

South East

Great Britain

July 2013 to June 2014 % 4.2 5.0 6.8

April 2012 to Mar 2013 %

4.6

6.1

7.8

July 2011 to June 2012 % 4.3 5.9 8.1

April 2010 to March 2011 % 4.4 5.8 7.6

April 2009 to March 2010 % 3 4.3 5.4

April 2008 to March 2009 % 2.7 4.8 6.4

April 2007 to March 2008 % 2.1 4.2 5.4

April 2006 to March 2007 % 3.7 4.5 5.5

January 2006 to December 2006 % 4 4.5 5.5

October 2005 to September 2006 % 3.6 3.8 4.9

July 2005 to June 2006 % 3.4 4.3 5.3

April 2005 to March 2006 % 3.1 4 5.1


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5.35 The average annual income of Horsham District residents is £32,162 gross (full-

time workers). This has risen since the 2012/13 AMR and is higher than the South

East average of £29,104 which has fallen since the 12/13 AMR (2013 provisional,

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings). The difference between the two averages

is now negligible.

Business Development and Town Centres

4.57 The CLG Business Development and Town Centres indicators relate most closely

to Horsham District’s Core Strategy Spatial Objective 5 that aims ‘to provide for

business and employment development needs, particularly for existing local

businesses’. The CLG indicators are set out in four key areas:

BD1: Total amount of additional employment floorspace – by type

BD2: Total amount of employment floorspace on previously developed

land – by type

BD3: Employment land available – by type

BD4: Total amount of floorspace for ‘town centre uses’

4.58 In the 08/09 AMR, CLG Core Indicator: Business Development and Town Centres

was monitored against the West Sussex Structure Plan 2001-2016 as these

figures are reflected in Spatial Objective 5 of the adopted Core Strategy 2007.

4.59 The West Sussex Structure Plan 2001-2016 was superseded by the former South

East Plan in May 2009, which was later revoked in March 2013. As no floorspace

provision targets were set in the former South East Plan, for consistency and for

the purpose of this AMR, employment floorspace provision will again be

monitored against the figures in the adopted Core Strategy 2007, as it was in the

09/10, 10/11, 11/12 and 12/13 AMR.

4.60 Based on the figures within the West Sussex Structure Plan 2001-2016, the Core

Strategy identifies a target of 210,000 square metres of employment floorspace to

be delivered by the end of the plan period (2018). This target was achieved by the

end of the monitoring period 2013/14. The position by the end of March 2014 is

subsequently shown in Table 8 overleaf:


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Table 18: Employment floorspace completions and commitments against

target

Additional employment floorspace (Use Classes B1, B2 & B8) Square metres

Completed 01/01/2001 to 31/03/2013 156.955

Completed 01/04/2013 to 31/03/2014 6898

Commitments for future provision to 31/03/2013 52,325

LDF Allocations

Wealden & Warnham Brickworks 21,520

Land West of Horsham Masterplan 2,878

West of Bewbush Strategic Location 8,000

Total 248,576

Planned additional employment floorspace 2001 – 2018 210,000

Employment floorspace still required by 2018 -38,576

4.61 The figures in Table 8 include employment floorspace comprising offices and light

industry (use class B1), general industry (use class B2) and storage and

distribution (use class B8). The figures for additional financial and professional

services provision (use class A2) have been excluded from the totals.

4.62 Due to historic indicators and data gathering techniques there may be slight

discrepancies in the figures due to gross internal, gross external and net

floorspaces. However, we believe that the reporting Table indicates that we have

completed 100% of the required 210,000 square metres of employment

floorspace to be delivered, as set out within Spatial Objective 5 of the Core

Strategy 2007 with a surplus of 38,756m2. It is important to recognise however,

as mentioned within the Core Strategy DPD Examination Inspectors’ Report 2006,

that ‘this was not a target but a broad guide or yardstick.’

4.63 Through the HDPF, the Council is planning for employment provision in the future.

Three evidence base documents have principally informed the development of

policies regarding employment provision, with the sub-regional Economic Growth

Assessment undertaken jointly with Mid Sussex and Crawley Borough Council

being the most recent.


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CLG Core Indicator BD1 and BD2: Total amount of additional employment

floorspace – by type and Total amount of employment floorspace on

previously developed land – by type

4.64 It is possible to show both BD1 and BD2 indicators within a single table, thereby

allowing easy comparison between the figures. Table 9 shows land developed for

employment by type, both gross and net, within Horsham District between 1st April

2013 and 31st March 2014.

Table 19: Core Output Indicators: BD1 and BD2; Land Developed for

Employment by Type (m2)

Gross Percentage Net

Previously Developed Land

B1a: Offices 52 52

B1b: Research and Development 0 0

B1c: Light Industry 407 212.2

B1 Mixed uses 238 238

B2: General Industry 790 -67

B8: Storage and Distribution 2031 1871

Completed Floorspace 3581.2 49% 2306

Land Not Previously Developed

B1a: Offices 0 0

B1b: Research and Development 0 0

B1c: Light Industry 0 0

B2: General Industry 3188 3188

B8: Storage and Distribution 455 455

Completed Floorspace 3643 51% 3643

Total Employment Floorspace Completed in Horsham District 7161.2 100% 5949.2

4.65 The gross amount of employment floorspace completed on Previously Developed

Land (PDL) in 2013/14 was 3581.2 square metres, representing 49% of the total

employment floorspace completed. This is 51% lower than the previous year’s

figure where all employment floorspace was completed on PDL.


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4.66 The CLG state that floorspace should be measured in ‘gross internal’ square

meters (m2). Gross internal floorspace includes the entire area inside the internal

walls of a building but does not include the area taken up by internal or external

walls. Using CLG guidance to make the conversion, the 2013/14 figures show that

6898.6m2 of gross internal floorspace was completed in the Horsham District in

2013/14. This is a reduction in the figure reported in the 2012/13 AMR which was

9,405m2, however is still higher than the figure reported in the 2011/12 and

2010/11 AMRs. Again indicating that the economy is now broadly picking up.

CLG Core Indicator BD3: Employment land available – by type

4.67 Indicator BD3 requires local authorities to monitor the amount and type of

employment land available; this is shown in Table 10. To monitor this, the land

available includes sites allocated for employment uses in Development Plan

Documents and sites for which planning permission has been granted for

employment uses (excluding allocated sites).

Table 20: Core Output Indicator BD3: Land Available for Employment Use

Gross Floorspace

(m2) Net Floorspace

(m2) Site Area

(ha)

B1a: Offices 2,705 1,464 5.62

B1b: Research and Development 0 0 0

B1c: Light Industry 5,891 3,816 8.31

B1: Mixed Use 14,175 13,941 2.19

B2: General Industry 38,353 37,602 10.02

B8: Storage and Distribution 24,007 22,367 5.20

Total 85,131 79,190 31.34

4.68 Table 10 illustrates that B2: General Industry has the largest amount of land

available with 10.02ha, followed by B1c: Light Industry with 8.31ha then B1:

Offices with 5.62ha, and B8: Storage & Distribution with 5.20ha. The overall

amount of land available for employment use is slightly lower than last years

AMR.

CLG Core Indicator BD4: Total amount of floorspace for ‘town centre uses’

4.69 Core Output Indicator BD4 requires local authorities to monitor the total amount of

floorspace for ‘town centre uses’. Table 11 illustrates this by presenting gross

floorspace, net floorspace (m2) and the site area (ha) for the monitoring year, 1st

April 2013 to 31st March 2014.


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4.70 Table 11 splits the floorspace and site area into three key areas; Town Centres (a

total of six), In Built Up Area and Outside Built Up Area. Within these three

categories the table also provides a breakdown between previously developed

land and not previously developed and a summary of each in each category.

Finally all figures are totalled to demonstrate the overall position for the whole of

Horsham District.


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Table 21: Core Output Indicator BD4: Total Amount of Completed Floorspace

for ‘Town Centre Uses’

Gross Floorspace

(m2)

Net Floorspace

(m2)

Site Area (ha)

Town Centres


A1: Retail 0 0 0

A2: Financial / Professional Services 117 0 0.01

D2: Leisure 334 0 0.03

Summary for Previously Developed Land 451 0 0.04

Summary for Town Centre 451 0 0.04

In Built up Area (excluding town centres)


A1: Retail 1,027 818 0.16

A2: Financial / Professional Services 0 0 0

B1a: Offices 0 0 0

D2: Leisure 94 43 0.01

Summary for Previously Developed Land 1,121 861 0.26

Summary for 'In Built up Area' 1,121 861 0.26

Outside Built up Area

Land Not Previously Developed

B1a: Offices 0 0 0

Summary for Land Not Previously Developed 0 0 0


B1a: Offices 52 52 0.01

D2: Leisure 0 0 0

Summary for Previously Developed Land 52 52 0.01

Summary for 'Outside Built up Area' 52 52 0.01

Overall Horsham District Total 1.624 913 0.31


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Transport and Spatial Connectivity

5.36 The travel to work information is based upon the 2011 Census information which

was published in January 2013.

5.37 The methods used by Horsham residents to travel to work are shown in Figure 4.

This clearly demonstrates the reliance on private car usage. This is unsurprising

as Horsham District is predominantly a rural area; therefore private car ownership

is very high. Data from the 2011 Census depicts the fact that 48.5% of

households in the Horsham District own two or more cars compared to only

39.7% across the South East.

5.38 Only 11.83% of Horsham households do not own a car at all compared to 18.6%

of households across the South East. The dominance of private car usage for

journeys to work represents a significant challenge for the District in terms of

encouraging more sustainable transport choices in the future.

Figure 4: Methods of travel to work for Horsham District residents

5.39 The majority of Horsham District residents who use public transport to get to work

use the train from one of the District’s eight railway stations. Seven of these

stations are served by the Southern Rail Arun Valley Railway whilst Warnham is

served by Southern’s Dorking and Surrey Hills rail line.


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5.40 Bus services are reasonably frequent in Horsham town, however the quality of

provision falls in rural areas, which is perhaps reflected in the 2011 Census

figures which show that only 1.23% of the Districts population travels to work by

bus.

Waste

5.41 In terms of recycling, the District is performing well. It is considered that recycling

rates help show our commitment to the preservation of the local environment

through reducing the amount of waste that is taken to landfill sites or incinerators.

For the 13/14 monitoring period, a total of 23,628 tonnes of household waste was

reused, recycled or composted. This represents 45% of the total household waste

generated, the highest recycling rate of all authorities in West Sussex. This

maintains the highest performance achieved since the introduction of the Acorn

scheme and the separate garden waste collection in 2009.

5.42 The overall amount of household waste (including refuse, recycling and

compost) collected per household for 13/14 was 476.9 kilograms. This is a

reduction on last year’s figure, continuing the trend for lower volumes of waste

collected and also reflecting reductions in garden waste collected since charges

were introduced.

5.43 Biffa and West Sussex County Council have signed a 25 year contract to treat

the County’s non-recycled black bag household rubbish at a Mechanical

Biological Treatment (MBT) facility at Brookhurst Wood, to the north of Horsham.

This flagship facility for West Sussex will ensure that the site continues to

process this waste, but in a more environmentally friendly and cost effective way,

meeting West Sussex’s waste management needs over the next 25 years. It

uses a combination of sorting and treatment technologies to maximise the

amount of rubbish that is recycled or used as a resource by separating out

metals which are sent for recycling and using waste to create alternatives to

fossil fuels for industry and homes.


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Environmental Quality

CLG Core Indicator E1: Number of planning permissions granted contrary to

Environment Agency advice on flooding and water quality grounds

5.44 During the 2013/14 monitoring year, there were no applications allowed contrary

to Environment Agency (EA) advice.

CLG Core Indicator E2: Change in areas of biodiversity importance

5.45 Core Indicator E2, relates to biodiversity and closely links with Core Strategy

Spatial Objective 2 which seeks to integrate the need for protection of the

natural, built and historic environment. The Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre

(SxBRC) is responsible for monitoring this data and has provided us with the

information in the tables and graphs below.

5.46 Table 12 provides a measure of the impact that permitted planning applications

during 2013/14 had on designated sites within the District. Table 13 is similar but

measures permitted planning applications against habitat. It should be noted that

this is a measure of change against permitted planning applications and

therefore does not necessarily affect the habitat in a detrimental way. Some

permitted development included will be of very minor impact and other

development may indeed serve to enhance the habitat either directly or through

the operation of planning agreements signed in conjunction with the planning

permission. In terms of the change in the overall size of the various habitats, it is

not possible to draw conclusions on a year-by-year basis as the habitat areas

are only surveyed periodically and then by a range of different groups and

organisations. A further point to note is that several of the designations overlap

with each other and therefore it is not possible to use this data to calculate any

‘total’ quantity of protected sites or indeed total area of impact.


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Table 12: Permitted Planning Applications in Designated Sites in Horsham District between 1st April 2013 and 31st March 2014

Designated Sites & Reserves Area (ha) of site in West Sussex

% of West Sussex

Area (ha) of site in Horsham

% of Horsham

Area (ha) of site in Horsham infringed by planning applications

% of site in Horsham infringed by planning applications

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Inte

r-natio

nal Ramsar 3723.9 1.8 524.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 0

Special Area of Conservation

3667.8 1.8 481.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0

Special Protection Area

3745.5 1.9 524.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 0

Natio

nal

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty:

25957.8 12.8 3595.5 6.8 10.5 0.29 32

National Park 81247.9 40.1 9433.1 17.8 0.1 0.0 6

National Nature Reserve 221.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

Sites of Special Scientific Interest

8310.7 4.1 1412.1 2.7 0.01 0.00 5

Local

Country Park 320.5 0.2 104.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 2

Local Nature Reserve 2046.9 1.0 44.3 0.1 0.01 0.02 2

Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI)

100496.3 5.2 2227.0 4.2 5.4 0.24 27

Reserv

e /

Pro

pert

y

Environmental Stewardship Agreements *

75800.7 37.5 20433.7 38.5 104.7 0.51 83

National Trust 5107.6 2.5 335.8 0.6 0.04 0.01 1

RSPB Reserve 559.8 0.3 464.0 0.9 0.0 0.00 0

Sussex Wildlife Trust Reserve 742.5 0.4 136 0.3 0.0 0.0 2

Woodland Trust 67.9 0.03 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0. 0

* This only applies to ‘live’ Environmental Stewardship Agreements. Environmental Stewardship Agreements include: Entry Level Stewardship, Entry Level plus Higher Level Stewardship, Higher Level Stewardship, Organic Entry Level plus Higher Level Stewardship and Organic Entry Level Stewardship.


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Table 23: Permitted Planning Applications in Priority Habitats in Horsham District between 1st April 2013 and 31st March 2014

Habitat* Area (ha) of habitat in West Sussex

% of West Sussex

Area (ha) of habitat in Horsham

% of Horsham

Area (ha) of habitat in Horsham infringed by planning applications

% of habitat in Horsham infringed by planning applications

Number of planning applications

Ancient Woodland 21372.1 10.6 3243.8 6.1 22.4 0.7 67

Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh 4388.8 2.2 1702.1 3.2 4.4 0.3 4

Coastal saltmarsh 357.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

Deciduous woodland 21691.8 10.7 4002.8 7.5 35.7 0.9 104

Ghyll Woodland 1992.7 1.0 515.3 1.0 0.1 0.0 4

Intertidal Mudflat 1758.9 0.9 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

Lowland calcareous grassland 2736.0 1.4 776.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 0

Lowland dry acid grassland 20.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

Lowland fen 194.7 0.1 117.0 0.2 0.01 0.0 2

Lowland heathland 1499.4 0.7 251.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 1

Lowland Meadow 20.3 0.0 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

Reedbed / fen 60.1 0.0 4.3 0.0 0.00 0.0 1

Traditional orchard 200.0 0.1 52.2 0.1 0.80 1.5 11

* Changes in habitat extent year on year may well be a reflection of improved datasets and should not be assumed to be habitat expansion or contraction.


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Table 24: Planning applications and species

Other: Number of records in

West Sussex

Number of records in Horsham

Number of records within a 500m buffer of planning applications

Protected Species + 10037 2560 1040

Bats + 10637 2758 961

Notable Birds# 41419 14893 3734

Biodiversity Action Plan Species + 54790 12170 8460

Rare Species + 36153 8424 3498

Invasive Alien Species + 5169 1486 880

Black Poplar 16 0 0

Ancient Tree Hunt (ATH) records 1004 429 147

Tree Register (TROBI) Records 378 83 29

Saline lagoon 10 0 0

+ Protected species does not include bat, bird, badger or otter records. Rare and BAP species does not include bat, bird or otter records. # The Sussex Notable Bird Inventory is based on a list of 56 bird species that are particularly scarce or vulnerable to development in Sussex.

Climate Change

5.47 Horsham District is committed to addressing the causes and impacts of climate

change. To facilitate this, the Council published a Climate Change Strategy in

June 2009. The Strategy sets out the actions needed to meet the demanding cuts

in greenhouse gas emission that are now required. The Strategy also points the

way in terms of adapting to climate conditions both at home and for businesses.

CLG Core Indicator E3: Renewable energy generation

5.48 Measuring renewable energy is a difficult task as there is no single organisation

that comprehensively monitors renewable energy installations at the District

scale. Equally, as many minor household installations, such as solar water

heating panels, do not normally require planning permission, it is not possible for

the Council to monitor these comprehensively so only general assumptions can

be drawn.

5.49 The 09/10 AMR reported on national indicators NI185: CO2 reduction from local

authority operations, NI186: per capita reduction in CO2 emissions in the local

authority area and NI188: planning to adapt to climate change. Since the

production of the 09/10 AMR the national indicators have been withdrawn,

however data is still available in a similar format and this has been reported

below. A review of the indicators used to monitor renewable energy usage and


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CO2 emissions will be undertaken as part of the work undertaken to monitor the

HDPF.

5.50 In terms of carbon emissions from the District Council estate HDC do not collect

data on this anymore.

5.51 NI186 related to carbon dioxide emissions across the District. This data is still

provided by Government, albeit again there is a two year time delay in acquiring

the information. The latest information available is for 2012, which is shown in

Table 15. The table shows the carbon emissions for Horsham District from 2005

to 2012, with the 2012 figure showing 6.8 Per Capita. A reduction since 2005.

Whilst this is a significant reduction in CO2 emissions, it is likely that this is

predominantly due to the economic recession.

Table 25: Carbon emissions from Horsham District 2005 – 2012

Year Industry and

Commercial Total

Domestic Total

Road Transport

Total Population (‘000s,

mid-year estimates)

Per Capita Emissions

(t)

2005 331.8 343.6 350.7 1,026.1 125.9 8.2

2006 334.4 349.0 338.9 1,022.3 127.2 8.0

2007 325.5 339.5 343.1 1,008.1 128.3 7.9

2008 307.4 339.7 317.8 964.9 129.1 7.5

2009 266.5 310.2 305.5 882.2 129.8 6.8

2010 293.6 333.1 299.2 925.9 130.9 7.1

2011 273.0 291.6 294.7 859.3 131.5 6.5

2012 274.4 323.3 295.2 892.9 132.2 6.8

Horsham District’s Local Indicators

5.52 In addition to Core indicators, the Council has a range of local indicators which

are specifically linked to the Sustainability Appraisal process.

5.53 The full details of the 2013/14 LDF Monitoring Framework including the index

numbered indicators, targets and data for the 2013/14 period can be found in

Appendix 1. What is set out below is a selection of local indicators (included in

the Appendices) which require a greater degree of analysis of commentary than

can be provided in the confines of the matrix table approach used for the

Appendices.


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5.54 It has been noted that a number of the chosen local output indicators have been

ineffective in monitoring the progress of the Core Strategy policies as information

has been unavailable. It is therefore intended that the Districts local output and

significant effect indicators will be reviewed as part of the HDPF process to link

them more closely with the revised indicators presented in the 2009 SA Scoping

Report. These new indicators have been screened for their feasibility by relevant

Officers to ensure their appropriateness for monitoring purposes and were

published in the HDPF Monitoring Framework published in support of the

examination.

Development within the Strategic Gaps

Indicator: Type and percentages of planning permissions within the Strategic Gaps

Number: SO1b/SF4b Type: Local output indicator

LDF Reference: CP1/ DC3

Target: Maintain or reduce current rates / limit form of development

5.55 There were 22 permitted applications within the two Strategic Gaps in the

2013/14 period, this is 14 less than the previous monitoring year. The

applications are detailed by type and by Strategic Gap in Table 24. It can be seen

that while the vast majority were for minor householder developments which have

limited impact upon the strategic gap, there were four permitted applications for

new dwellings which would have more of a permanent impact.

Table 26: Development permitted within the Strategic Gaps

Type of Development Permitted

Horsham-Crawley Strategic Gap

Horsham-Southwater Strategic Gap

New Dwellings 1 3

Minor Householder 1 11

Change of Use 0 0

Variation of condition 2 0

Certificate of lawful use 0 0

Tree Works / TPO 0 0

Equestrian 0 0

Agricultural 2 1

Listed Building Consent 0 0

Educational 0 0

Industrial 0 0

Non Material amendment 1 0

Prior Notification 0 0

Total 7 15


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Amount of New Retail Floorspace created in Horsham District Town and

Village Centres

Indicator: The amount of new retail, office and leisure floorspace in Horsham town/village centres

Number: SO8a/SF16a Type: Local Output Indicator

LDF Reference:

CP17/DC39

Target: Maintain or increase present levels

5.56 This indicator relates to Core Policy CP17 – ‘Vitality and Viability of Existing

Centres’ and builds on the CLG core indicator BD4 which seeks to report on the

total retail, leisure and office completions within the town and village centres.

Table 17 below shows the amount of new retail (use class A1), office (use class

B1a) and, leisure (use class D2) floorspace completed in 2013/14 in the town and

village centres that have been defined as part of the LDF in line with guidance in

the old PPS6. The table also includes 2011/12 and 2012/13 figures to allow

comparison.

Table 27: Completed retail (A1), office (B1a) and, leisure (D2) development in

Horsham District’s town/village centres in 2012/13 (Gross floorspace m2)

2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 Town / Village Centre

Retail Office Leisure Retail Office Leisure Retail Office Leisure

Horsham 219 0 0 102 0 176 847 89 334

Coldwaltham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52

Billingshurst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94.3

Henfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 0

Pulborough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Southwater 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Storrington 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 0

Steyning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 219 0 0 102 0 176 1027 141 428

5.57 Table 18 shows an increase in leisure, office and retail development within the

defined town and village centres compared to 2012/13.


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Horsham Car Park Usage

Indicator: Usage of car parks, particularly at peak times

Number: SO9b Type: Significant Effects Indicator

LDF Reference: CP19

Target: Respond to annual assessment of demand/capacity

5.58 The Council operates a number of pay car parks in Horsham for which usage

data can be obtained. This data and the indicator it addresses can be seen as a

proxy indicator for the vitality and viability of Horsham Town Centre. Table 19

below monitors’ car parking capacity to allow the supply to be measured over

time and also provides the total number of ticket sales for the year to allow

comparison.

Table 28: Car Parking Figures

Car Park

2007

/08

2008

/09

2009

/10

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2013

/14

Total number of ticket sales

1,514,301

1,435,283 1,346,466 1,338,266 1,349,298 1,356,836 1,559,618

5.59 There can be a number of discrepancies between weekly car parking figures due

to variables such as bank holidays, maintenance and refurbishment which can

reduce the number of available spaces. Therefore, whilst the weekly comparison

is useful, it is more reliable to compare the total annual figures.

5.60 The total number of ticket sales from car parks within Horsham Town in 2013/14

was 1,559,618. This represents a 15% increase since the previous year.


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The Condition of SSSI Designations within Horsham District

Indicator: The condition of SSSIs in the District

Number: SF5a Type: Significant Effects Indicator

LDF Reference:

SA/SEA Objective 5

Target: No reduction / Improvement to existing condition

5.61 This significant effects indicator relates to Core Policy CP1 – Landscape and

Townscape Character which seeks to enhance and conserve the biodiversity of

the District. Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) are one of the most

important environmental designations, covering sites of geological as well as

wildlife importance.

5.62 The Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre (SxBRC) monitors the condition of Sites

of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) throughout Sussex. The results are illustrated

in Tables 21 and 22 which allow comparisons to be made between District and

County levels. For Horsham District 42.5% of units are considered to be in a

favourable condition. This is similar to that reported in the previous five AMR’s.

Table 29: Horsham District SSSI Unit Condition

Conditions No of Units

% of units

Favourable 31 42.5

Unfavourable recovering 36 49.3

Unfavourable no change 2 2.7

Unfavourable declining 4 5.5

Destroyed / Part destroyed 0 0.00

5.63 The remaining 57.5% of units in Horsham are considered unfavourable. Although

this represents a majority of units within the Horsham District, 49.3% are

recovering through careful management and there are no units destroyed/part

destroyed as there were in previous monitoring years. Opportunities to maintain

and enhance SSSI condition as a consequence of nearby development will

continue to be offered through the planning system to continue the recovery

process.


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Figure 5: Horsham District SSSI Unit Condition

5.64 At a County level slightly more units are considered favourable than last year with

the percentage increasing from 50.84 to 52.0%.

Table 30: West Sussex SSSI Unit Condition

Condition No of units

% of units

Favourable 186 52.0

Unfavourable recovering 155 43.3

Unfavourable no change 6 1.7

Unfavourable declining 10 2.8

Destroyed / Part destroyed 1 0.3

Figure 6: West Sussex SSSI Unit Condition


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Planning Permissions and Appeal Decisions

5.65 Table 230 below sets out the proportions of planning applications that were

permitted during 2013/14 within Horsham District.

Table 31: Percentage of planning applications permitted

Quarter Ended

% Permitted in 2013/14




Q1: 30/06/13 86% 82% 81% 89%

Q2: 30/09/13 82% 82% 81% 86%

Q3: 31/12/13 86% 82% 84% 79%

Q4: 31/03/14 83% 86% 86% 82%

Average for year

84% 83% 83% 84%

5.66 It can be seen from the figures that the average number of applications granted

permission has increased slightly since the previous monitoring year.

Table 32: The number and result of planning appeals in 2013/14

Quarter Ended Allowed Dismissed

In Progress Withdrawn

Part allowed

Total % Appeals

allowed

Q1: 30/06/12 9 12 0 1 0 22 41%

Q2: 30/09/12 14 19 0 2 0 35 40%

Q3: 31/12/12 5 8 0 1 0 14 36%

Q4: 31/03/13 6 16 0 0 0 22 27%

Total 34 55 0 4 0 93 36%

5.67 Table 24 indicates that there were a total of 93 appeals in 2013/14 compared to

82 reported in the 2011/12 AMR. The table shows that the total number of

appeals allowed has actually increased from 28 last year to 34 this year. There

has also been an increase in the total number of appeals dismissed, with 47 in

12/13, and 55 in 13/14 and a decrease in the total number of appeals withdrawn

with 5 in 12/13 and 4 in 13/14.


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Table 33: Total Number of Units Allowed at Appeal

Year Appeals Allowed – Total Units Total Units Sites with less than 6 units Sites with more than 6

units

2011/12 AMR 7 163 170

2012/13 AMR 8 188 196

2013/14 AMR 7 188 195

5.68 Table 25 shows that there were a total of 195 units granted on appeal in the

2013/14 monitoring year which is similar to that reported in 2012/13. The table

shows that the total number of units allowed on appeal for small sites (less than 6

units), has decreased from 8 units in 2012/13 AMR to 7 units in 2013/14 and the

total number of units allowed on appeal for large sites (sites with more than 6

units) has remained the same at 188 units respectively.


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Chapter 6: Neighbourhood Planning

6.1 Neighbourhood Planning, introduced by the Localism Act 2011, allows

communities through, Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDP's) to create a

vision and planning policies for the use and development of land in their area. This

is an opportunity for local people to fully engage in the future of their communities

in a way that has not previously been possible. Once the neighbourhood plan area

is approved Horsham District Council is legally required to provide support and

advice to those bodies producing a Neighbourhood Development Plan.

6.2 A NDP sets out where development will go and what development could look like

in a particular area. It is not a tool to prevent or resist development that is

planned.

6.3 To date there are 16 designated areas in Horsham District covering 20 parishes

These are listed below:

Table 34: Neighbourhood Planning Designated Areas

Area Date of Designation

Nuthurst ** October 2013

West Grinstead October 2013

Henfield ** December 2013

Upper Beeding December 2013

Thakeham ** December 2013

Storrington, Sullington, Washington (Cluster)** December 2013

West Chiltington January 2014

Pulborough ** January 2014

Shermanbury January 2014

Southwater February 2014

Woodmancote January 2014

Ashington February 2014

Warnham February 2014

Slinfold May 2014

Shipley June 2014

Steyning, Ashurst, Bramber and Wiston (Cluster)

September 2014


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6.4 The Council have issued a standard screening opinion to ensure those

looking to allocate housing in the District appreciate a Strategic Environmental

Assessment (SEA) is required and that a combined Sustainability Appraisal

and SEA (SA/SEA) is preferred. Of the 16 Designated Areas, three (Nuthurst,

Henfield and Shermanbury) have submitted SA/SEA Scoping Reports to

which the Council have provided a formal response.

6.5 Two designated areas have formerly consulted on their Regulation 14 (Pre-

Submission) stage: Nuthurst Parish Council and Henfield Parish Council and it

anticipated that the remaining fourteen will consult in 2015.

6.6 Horsham District Council is encouraging NDP's in various ways including

holding awareness raising and training events. Details of past and forthcoming

events can be found on the councils website.

6.7 Horsham District Council (HDC) and South Downs National Park Authority

(SDNPA) have agreed a joint protocol setting out how they will work together

on Neighbourhood Planning in Horsham District and land within Horsham

District is overseen by the two local planning authorities.


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Chapter 7: Community Infrastructure Levy

7.1 Since April 2010, local planning authorities have been permitted to introduce

the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). The purpose of the CIL is to raise

funds from developers to help pay for infrastructure that is required to support

new development across the district. It can include a wide variety of

infrastructure including:

Transport

Education

Community Facilities

School

Parks and green spaces

7.2 CIL will replace Section 106 contributions for many forms of infrastructure,

although Section 106 agreements can still be used for site-specific mitigation

measures and for the provision of affordable housing.

7.3 The Council undertook public consultation on the Community Infrastructure

Levy (CIL) Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule between May and June 2014.

The Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule sets out the proposed charging

rates for new development across Horsham District.

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Chapter 8: Conclusion

8.1 The purpose of Chapter 8 is to provide conclusions relating to the LDS

timetable; to provide a summary of the baseline and output data included

within this report; and to outline the future monitoring framework covering the

issues and indicators that the Council aims to address in the future.

Local Development Scheme Conclusions

1.9 Progress on the production of the HDPF remained strong throughout the

monitoring year with the Proposed Submission document being published for

representations between the 11th May – 27th June 2014. A full examination in

public was then held between the 3rd November and 21st November 2014.

The Council has also been carrying out work towards the production of

various evidence base studies to ensure it has a thorough and robust

evidence base to inform policy development. A list of evidence base studies is

included in Chapter 3.

8.2 In addition to the preparation of the HDPF, the 2013/14 monitoring year has

also seen the production of the Broadbridge Heath Quadrant SPD.

Duty to Co-operate

8.3 The Localism Act 2011 and the National Planning Policy Framework 2012

(NPPF) place a Duty to Cooperate on local planning authorities and other

prescribed bodies to address strategic planning issues relevant to their areas

in the preparation of their Local Plans and other planning documents and to

work together on such issues. For this reason HDC has sought to satisfy the

Duty to Co-operate through the continuation and strengthening of joint

working with between other local planning authorities.

8.4 This monitoring year has seen the Submission of the HDPF and a statement

of compliance with the DtC and has also see the submitted plan meet the first

legal test of soundness, the duty to cooperate. The Inspectors findings

intoconcluded that the HDPF met the legal Duty to Cooperate test.


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Monitoring Five Year Housing Land Supply

8.3 The Council continues to monitor its five year housing land supply against the

target set out in the former South East Plan, as the evidence supporting this is

the most recent to be tested at examination. The housing requirement against

the former South East Plan is 13,000 homes over the duration of the plan

period, which equates to 650 homes per annum. The Council currently has a

65.7% supply against the former South East Plan.

8.4 The Councils Housing Implementation Strategy outlines the measures taken

by the Council to address its lack of a five year housing land supply. The

Facilitating Appropriate Development SPD is still being used as a pro-active

policy interpretation measure to help maintain housing provision within the

District in the shorter term. To address the longer term supply of housing, the

Council is preparing the Horsham District Planning Framework which seeks

further suitable land to meet housing requirements. The Council is also

continuing work on its SHLAA which seeks to identify potential housing sites

for five, ten and fifteen year periods; thereby maintaining a demonstrated five

year supply of deliverable sites.

Policy Creation and the Authority Monitoring Report Link

8.5 The principal objective of the AMR is to provide evidence against which to

judge planning policies. Should a policy not be working as intended, data

reported in the AMR can help inform policy reviews.

8.6 Where a policy is judged to be failing, the Horsham District Planning

Framework will provide the opportunity for policy revisions to be integrated.

Decisions to consider a change to a policy earlier than the proposed HPDF

timetable for the HDPF will be the responsibility of the Officer responsible for

that topic area and also the Spatial Planning Manager. Changes to policy will

be subjected to the statutory requirements of the NPPF and an Examination

before being implemented as the District’s planning policy. Should a policy be

identified as requiring amendment the Council will consider whether it can be

reviewed in isolation or whether a review of the whole document is needed.


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8.7 Many of the policies found to be failing within recent AMR’s are being

reviewed as part of the work undertaken on the HDPF and draft versions were

made available in the Preferred Strategy consultation document.

Data Monitoring Conclusions

8.8 Chapters 5 to 7 report on the monitoring of both national and local indicators

which stem from the DCLG’s guidance relating to AMR’s Regional Spatial

Strategy and Local Development Framework: Core Output Indicators –

Update 2008.

8.9 For some indicators, such as those for biodiversity, recent trends show that,

policies appear to be maintaining the condition of SSSI’s in the District, with

the same percentage of SSSI’s being in a favourable condition as reported in

the 12/13 AMR.

8.10 For other indicators, such as those for renewable energy, it is hard to come to

a judgement on the success or otherwise of the Council’s policies due to

national monitoring techniques.

8.11 Progress has been made on the monitoring and reporting of local indicators

and comparisons have been made where possible against previous years.

However, there is still much to do in order to be able to monitor many of the

indicators and the Council is working internally and with external partners in

order to ensure a greater range of indicators can continue to be added in

future AMRs.

Indicator and Target Development

8.12 Because a many of the sources of data used to monitor these indicators are

no longer easily available. The Council will undertake a full review of its

monitoring framework as part of the preparation of the HDPF. This will take

into account not only comments by the Inspectors, but also develop best

practice that was not available to the Council back in 2004/05 when the

existing frameworks and procedures were developed.


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Glossary

A full glossary of all planning terms and abbreviations used in this report is kept up to

date and is available to view and download from our website at:

www.horsham.gov.uk/environment/planning_policy/documents/Glossary(1).pdf

http://www.horsham.gov.uk/environment/planning_policy/documents/Glossary(1).pdf


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Appendices

Appendix 1:

Local Development Framework Monitoring Framework

Appendix 2:

Local Development Scheme Timetable – Horsham District Planning

Framework.

Appendix 3: Landscape Character Area Assessment

Appendix 4: Monitoring the delivery of the Site Specific Allocations of Land, 2007

Appendix 5: Housing Land Supply Large Site


Appendix 7: Core Strategy Housing Trajectory and accompanying commentary


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Appendix 1: Local Development Framework Monitoring Framework

Indicator numbering: All indicators deriving from the LDF Spatial Objectives have been given ‘SO’ index numbers whilst indicators deriving from the

LDF Sustainability Framework Objectives have been numbered ‘SF’. Cross references for duplicate indicators/targets are indicated in the notes

Indicator colouring: Green shading indicates an achieved target, yellow shading indicates progress towards achieving a target, red shading indicates an unachieved target and no shading indicates that monitoring has not been possible.

Abbreviations: CP = Core Policy (Core Strategy 2007); DC = Development Control (General Development Control Policies Submission DPD); PO SPD = Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document

Source of data: HDC unless indicated otherwise in ‘Notes’

Spatial Objective 1: To protect and enhance the diverse character and local distinctiveness of the District

Indicator No.

Indicator LDF Policy

/ CLG Indicator

Target (by 2018 unless indicated

otherwise) Data for 2013/14 Notes

SO1a Condition of Landscape Character Areas as identified in the Landscape Character Assessment

CP1 and DC2

Maintain or improve from current levels

Baseline data shows that many of the 32 landscape character areas are in decline. See Appendix 3 for more information.

Assessment to be carried out on an ad hoc basis approximately every 10 years. Indicator/target = SF4a

SO1b Type and percentages of planning permissions within the Strategic Gaps

CP1 and DC3

Maintain or reduce current rates/limit forms of development

14 less permissions than 12/13. See Table 24

Indicator/target = SF4b

SO1c

Number of planning applications incorporating Conservation Area or historic landscape enhancements

CP1 and DC14

Increase proportion

It is not currently possible to monitor this indicator

This indicator will be reviewed in due course


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SO1d Number of applications incorporating biodiversity enhancement features

CP1 and DC5

Increasing number of schemes /change in areas contributing to biodiversity importance


This indicator/ target will be reviewed in due course

SO1e

Proportion of relevant permissions which include planning obligation measures to conserve and enhance the biodiversity of the District

PO SPD 100% of relevant permissions

Application DC/09/2101 secured contributions for an ecological mitigation area. Majority of measures secured through conditions

This indicator and target will be reviewed as part of the HDPF Indicator = SF5b

SO1f

Number of schemes permitted which impact on significant habitats, legally protected species and areas of nature conservation such as SNCIs or ancient woodland

CP1, DC5 Reduce to minimise impacts

Please see Tables 20,21and 22

SO1f monitored in place of the similarly worded CP1 indicator

Source: SxBRC

SO1g

Type and percentages of planning applications granting permission for new development in the two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

CP1 and DC4

Maintain or reduce/ limit forms of development

High Weald = 38 permissions affecting 17.5 ha (0.6% of AONB)

South Downs area is now designated as National Park. It is not currently possible to monitor the type of permissions. Source: SxBRC

SO1h Types and percentage of relevant applications granted permission outside the BUABs

DC1

Maintain or reduce current rates/limit forms of development

This is no longer a CLG indicator therefore it is not possible to monitor at the present time.

This indicator and target will be reviewed as part of the HDPF

SO1i

Number of relevant permissions granted within the 'Heath Common and West Chiltington Character Areas'

DC19 Reduce to minimise impacts

Heath Common Character Areas = 15 West Chiltington Character Areas =35

All minor applications.


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SO1j

Number of planning obligations including measures to conserve and enhance the townscape character of the District

PO SPD No specific target set

Majority of measures secured through conditions as apposed to planning obligations. It is believed that no planning permissions in 2012/13 specifically required conservation or enhancement measures

This indicator will be reviewed as part of the HDPF

SO1k

Proportion of relevant permissions which include planning obligation measures to conserve and enhance the landscape character of the District


Majority of measures secured through conditions as apposed to planning obligations. No such planning obligations were secured and it is believed that none were required.


SO1l

Number of planning obligations including measures to conserve and enhance historical and cultural environment of the District


Majority of measures secured through conditions as apposed to planning obligations. No such planning obligations were secured and it is believed that none were required.



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Spatial Objective 2: To integrate the need for protection of the natural, built and historic environment (including the natural

resources) of the District with the need to allow the continued evolution of both the countryside and the character and environment of settlements

Indicator No. Indicator LDF Policy /

CLG Indicator



SO2a Number of proposals which result in clean-up of contaminated sites

CP2 and DC7 No specific target set


This indicator will be reviewed as part of the HDPF Indicator/target = SF7a

SO2b Number of relevant permissions which include flood risk assessment

CP2 and DC8 100% of relevant permissions

Assessments were provided for all permitted developments where required by the EA (100% achieved)

SO2b monitored in place of the similarly worded CP2/DC8 indicator Target successfully met

SO2c Number of rivers in District meeting river quality targets

CP2 and DC9 Increase from baseline levels

Please see 06/07 AMR

SO2c target monitored in place of the original one for this indicator Indicator/target = SF7c

SO2d Number of permissions granted against the advice of the Environment Agency

DC8 and CLG E3

Zero Zero Target successfully met

SO2e Proportion of relevant permissions including planning obligation measures to reduce the risk of


This target has been met through the use of planning conditions where required by the EA (100% achieved)



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flooding

SO2f

Number of developments incorporating renewable energy components; using reclaimed materials in construction; and water / energy efficient measures

CP2, DC9 and DC10

Increasing numbers of developments


This indicator will be reviewed as part of the HDPF Indicator/target = SF11b and SF12a

SO2g Total value of all contributions / provision for recycling facilities


It is currently not possible to monitor this figure. The Council is reviewing S106 monitoring in line with the adoption of CIL.

SO2g monitored in place of the similarly worded PO SPD indicator


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Spatial Objective 3: To ensure that new development in the District is of high quality

Indicator No.

Indicator LDF Policy /

CLG Indicator Target (by 2018 unless indicated


SO3a

Number of Village/Parish Design Statements

CP3 Increase number by 50% over baseline (2005) by 2008

5 had been adopted by 2005. A further, 2 were adopted in 2006/07, 3 in December 2008, 2 in 2009, 1 in 2010, 1 in 2011 and a further 2 were adopted in 2013.

Target successfully met

Spatial Objective 4: To enable the provision of a sufficient number of dwellings to meet the requirements of regional planning

policy to 2018, including that specified by the West Sussex Structure Plan 2001-2016

Indicator No.


CLG Indicator

Target (by 2018 unless

indicated otherwise) Data for 2013/14 Notes

SO4a

Number of dwellings (gross) completed annually and cumulatively to 2018. Housing trajectory showing actual and projected dwelling completions

CP4 and CLG H1

620 per year on average and 10,575 by 2018 (gross)

The total (gross) completions were 513. See Figure 6 (trajectory) for further detail

SO4a monitored in place of the similarly worded CP4 indicator

SO4b Number and percentage of homes built on previously-developed land

CP5 and CLG H3

2,250 dwellings from 2005 to 2018 and 48% total from 2001 to 2018

Gross completions on PDL were 282 (84%), See Table 16

Indicator/target = SF10a

SO4c Number of dwellings CP6 2,500 dwellings by 2018 Zero. (See Table 9 for SO4c monitored in place of the


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completed in new neighbourhood (Strategic Location) west of Crawley

phasing) similarly worded CP6 indicator

SO4d

Number of new dwellings completed within mixed-use Strategic Location west of Horsham

CP7 2,000 dwellings by 2018 16 (See Table 9 for phasing) SO4d monitored in place of the similarly worded CP7 indicator

SO4e

Number of dwellings completed on greenfield sites as small scale gradual growth of towns and villages

CP8 Up to 274 dwellings on allocated greenfield sites by 2018

63 in 2005, 33 in 2006, 68 in 2007, 62 in 2008, 120 in

2009, 33 in 2010 and 37 in 2011. (308 Total)

This indicator and target will be reviewed as part of the HDPF

Spatial Objective 5: To provide for business and employment development needs, particularly for existing local businesses

Indicator No.


CLG Indicator



SO5a

Amount of land developed for employment / land supply by type (B1,B2,B8), particularly in two Strategic Locations

CP10, CP11, DC24 and CLG BD1

210,000 sq. metres gross internal floor space

210,000 target met. See Tables 9 and 10 and commentary for CLG BD1

Target was reduced from 215,000 by Inspectors Binding Report

SO5b Amount of employment land lost from Employment Protection Zones

DC23 Reduce to zero

There was no (0) employment land lost from Employment Protection Zones.

Target for SO5b monitored in place of the original DC23 target Indicator/target = SF15b


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SO5c Amount of employment land lost to residential development

DC23

Reduce current rates / limit loss of employment land


Target for SO5c monitored in place of the original DC23 target. Accuracy of this monitoring will need reviewing Indicator/target = SF14b

Spatial Objective 6: To meet the diverse needs of the communities and businesses of the District

Indicator No.


CLG Indicator



SO6a Provision of proportion of affordable housing on qualifying residential schemes

CP12, and PO SPD

40% of total dwellings above relevant thresholds

35% of total dwellings See Table 25

Target almost met

SO6b Total number of all types of affordable housing units completed

PO SPD and CLG H5

120 per year Gross completions = 147, See Table 14 for more detail.

Target successfully met Indicator/target = SF1a

SO6c Number of exception housing schemes / dwelling permitted

DC35 No target currently set

Zero

SO6d

Total number of all types of affordable housing units completed in Category 2 settlements and exceptions sites

CP12 No specific target set

0 Affordable housing units were in category 2 / exception sites. Please see Table 14

Including ‘intermediate’ shared ownership and key worker homes

SO6e Number and type of rural diversification schemes permitted

CP15 and DC28 Increase in number and range of schemes




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SO6f Number of retirement dwellings / care homes permitted

DC36 Maintain or increase present levels

Faygate Sawmills 156 (DC/10/0834) and 148 DC/11/1857)

SO6g Number of permitted pitches for Gypsies and travellers

DC37 and CLG H4

Increase number to meet levels of need

There is a total of 69 permitted pitches compared to 55 in 11/12 AMR, See Table 17 for more detail

Source: HDC July 2013 Gypsy/Traveller count for WSCC./SEERA

SO6h Number of permitted pitches for Travelling show people

DC38 Increase number to meet levels of need

It is not possible to monitor this indicator independently of Indicator SO6h

SO6i Total value of all contributions received by the Council

PO SPD

Increase over baseline levels (2005/06) (£1,131,828)

Total value S106 obligations received 13/14 = £7,411,281

Target monitored in place of original target in PO SPD

Spatial Objective 7: To promote and enhance community leisure and recreation facilities, and to assist the development of appropriate

tourism and cultural facilities

Indicator No.

Indicator

LDF Policy /

CLG Indicator

Target (by 2018 unless indicated otherwise)

Data for 2013/14 Notes

SO7a

Number of schemes resulting in improved or losses of community facilities, sport, recreation or open space

CP14 and DC 26

Net gain in sport, recreation, open space and community facilities by 2018

Losses are believed to be zero. See SO7d for contributions received for open space sport and recreation (61 schemes for Inrastrucure/openspace/community)

Indicator and target monitored instead of originals for CP14 and DC26. This indicator will be reviewed as part of HDPF


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SO7b

Number of schemes with S106 planning obligations contributions made for infrastructure, open space / community improvements

CP14 and DC 27

100% of relevant permitted schemes to contribute to sport, recreation open space and community facilities

Total value of contributions = £803,948 (Open space, sport and recreation income)

Indicator monitored instead of originals for CP14 and DC27 Indicator = SF2a

SO7c Total amount of eligible open space managed to ‘green flag’ award standards

DC26 Maintain or increase total amount

Horsham District was awarded its first Green Flag in 2008 for Horsham Park.

Indicator/target = SF6c

SO7d

Total value of contributions secured by the Council for Open space, sport and recreation and for Community facilities and services rural parts of the District


£803,948 =Open space, sport and recreation income £307,152 = Community

The Council is currently reviewing its s106 monitoring to improve accuracy Rural defined as whole District excluding Horsham Town, BBH and Southwater

SO7e Total value of all contributions received for health

PO SPD No specific target set Zero. (None was required by the relevant PCT)

The Council is currently reviewing its s106 monitoring to improve accuracy

SO7f Total value of all contributions received for crime prevention

PO SPD No specific target set Zero. (None was required by Sussex Police)

The Council is currently reviewing its s106 monitoring to improve accuracy


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Spatial Objective 8: To enhance the vitality and viability of Horsham town centre and the centres of the smaller towns and villages in the District

Indicator No. Indicator LDF Policy / CLG

Indicator



SO8a Amount of new retail, office and leisure floorspace in Horsham town/village centres

CP17, DC39 and CLG BD1

Maintain or increase present levels, although depends on a range of factors

376m2 (Gross) See Table 8 for more info


SO8b Number of retail units converted to other uses

CP17 and DC41 No loss of retail units in defined frontages

Not aware of any, but It is currently difficult to monitor this indicator

This indicator will be reviewed in line with the HDPF Indicator/target = SF16b

SO8c Amount of new retail permitted outside the defined town and village centres

DC40 and BD4 Reduce or maintain present levels

102 m2 (Gross) See Table 8


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Spatial Objective 9: To reduce the expected growth in car based travel by seeking to provide choice in modes of transport wherever

possible

Indicator No.

Indicator

LDF Policy /

CLG Indicator



SO9a Increase in proportion of journeys to work by walking, cycling and public transport

CP19

Respond to annual assessment of demand/capacity

It is not currently possible to monitor this indicator independently of the census – which indicated a proportion of 36%


SO9b Monitor usage of car parks, particularly at peak times

CP19

Respond to annual assessment of demand/capacity

Table 27 shows there has been a slight increase in car park usage since 2010/11

SO9c Proportion of new residential units completed within 30 minutes public transport of key services

DC45 and CLG 3b

Increase present levels

It is currently not possible to monitor this indicator.

SO9d

Proportion of non-residential development within use classes A, B and D complying with adopted parking standards

DC45 Increase present levels to 100%

This is believed to be 100% as WSCC have not notified HDC of any development failing to comply

Further measures need to be put in place to be able to accurately monitor this indicator

SO9e Number of unauthorised vehicles parked within the District (Gatwick Airport)

DC48 Reduce current levels to zero

Sept 2009 = 360 on 3 sites Sept 2010 = 816 on 5 sites Sept 2011 = 1010 on 7 sites Sept 2012 = 612 on 7 sites

Monitored annually in September.


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Sept 2013 = 817 on 4 sites

SO9f Total value of all contributions received for sustainable transport and highways


Total value £329,943 a decrease against last years contributions of £490.67


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APPENDIX 2: Local Development Scheme Timetable – Horsham District Planning Framework.

Local Development Document Profile

Title Horsham District Planning Framework Status Development Plan Document

Role / Subject / Content Will replace The Core Strategy (2007) and General Development Control Policies (2007) DPD Sets out the long term spatial vision, objectives and strategy for the District. It provides a local plan for delivering development and the key issues for development management

Geographic Coverage District-wide (excluding the South Downs National Park area)

Prepared jointly with other Local Authorities?

No

Current Status Awaiting production of Preferred Strategy to go out to consultation in Summer 2013.

Chain of Conformity National guidance (NPPF); and the Horsham District Sustainable Community Strategy.

Timetable Evidence gathering and early community and stakeholder engagement

Initial October 2007 – December 2008 Further work 2010 -2013

Consultation on Issues and Options

June – July 2009 Further consultation on Housing Numbers February – April 2012

PP Prr r oo o dd d uu u cc c tt t ii i oo o n

n n

Consultation on Preferred Strategy

August - October 2013

Proposed Submission and period of representation

April – May 2014

Submission to Secretary of State

July 2014

Pre-Hearing Meeting September 2014

Examination Hearings October/November 2014

AA Add doo o

pp ptt t ii i oo o

nn n Receipt of Inspector’s

binding report February 2015

Adoption and Publication April 2015

Arrangements for Production

Lead Department Strategic and Community Planning

Management arrangements PPAG/Cabinet Member for Living and Working Communities/Council

Resources required Head of Strategic Planning and Performance assisted by all members of the SP team and the Graphics Technician.

Community and stakeholder involvement

Newsletters; focus groups; exhibitions; workshops; public and technical meetings.

Monitor and Review Monitored annually. Review will take place when monitoring highlights such a need.


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APPENDIX 3: Condition of Landscape Character Areas

Summary

The landscape character areas identified within the 2003 Landscape Character

Assessment are shown to be mostly in decline, sensitive to change and under threat

from additional intensification of land use. The emerging LDF policies will now place

greater emphasis upon sustainability and it is intended that the levels of decline be

slowed or halted. Opportunities may also exist for some restoration or enhancement

of the landscape.

A more detailed assessment of the condition of the 32 landscape character areas as

they were in 2003 is given below:

A1 Beeding Downs

Landscape condition is considered to be declining due to intensive arable agriculture,

expansion of horse paddocks and inappropriate development such as radio masts

and large scale farm and residential buildings.

A2 Amberley to Steyning Downs

Whilst the area has a strong distinctive character, overall condition is considered to

be declining due to the extent of intensive arable agriculture.

B1 Upper Findon Valley

Condition is declining due to intensive arable, expansion of horse grazing paddocks,

as well as visual intrusion of some large scale farms buildings.

C1 Beeding to Edburton Scarp

Overall condition is good. There are, however, localised areas of scrub invasion is

tending to erode condition with loss of characteristic open grassland.

C2 Washington to Steyning Scarp

Overall condition is good, with very few visually intrusive influences.

C3 Amberley to Sullington Scarp

Condition overall is good with very few intrusive visual influences.


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D1 Amberley to Steyning Farmlands

Overall condition is declining, due to the loss of hedgerows in areas of arable

farmland.

D2 Henfield and Small Dole Farmlands

Overall condition is declining, particularly through loss of hedgerows in many parts,

and urban intrusion along the A2037.

E1 Parham and Storrington Wooded Farmlands and Heaths

Landscape condition overall is good, but with localised areas of poor or declining

condition around Storrington e.g. associated with sand and gravel extraction.

E2 Coldwaltham Farmlands

Landscape condition is generally good.

F1 Pulborough, Chiltington and Thakeham Farmlands

Overall condition is declining due to loss of hedgerows, and increasing traffic on

some minor roads.

G1 Ashurst and Wiston Wooded Farmlands

Overall condition is good, although there have been localised losses of hedgerows.

G2 Itchingfield and Barns Green Wooded Farmlands

Overall condition is declining.

G3 Slinfold and Five Oaks Wooded Farmlands

Overall condition is good.

G4 Southwater and Shipley Wooded Farmlands

Overall condition is good.

H1 Southwater and Christ’s Hospital

Overall condition is declining due to loss of woodlands and hedgerows.

I1 Rowhook and Rudgwick Wooded Ridge

Overall condition is good. There are local areas of decline, e.g. mineral extraction

and undistinguished modern housing near Rudgwick.


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I2 Warnham and Rusper Wooded Ridge

Condition is mostly good.

J1 Billingshurst and North Heath Farmlands

Overall the landscape condition is good

J2 Broadford Bridge to Billingshurst Farmlands

Condition overall is declining.

J3 Cowfold and Shermanbury Farmlands

Overall landscape condition is declining.

K1 Upper Mole Farmlands

The landscape condition is considered to be declining due to expansion of horse

paddocks, and increasing visual/noise intrusion in some parts.

K2 Warnham and Faygate Vale

Condition is considered to be declining overall, locally poor, due to intensive arable

agriculture, visual and noise intrusion of major traffic routes and visual impact of

industrial/retail areas in the Broadbridge Heath area.

L1 St Leonard’s Forest

Overall condition is declining.

M1 Crabtree and Nuthurst Ridge and Ghyll Farmlands

Overall condition is good, although there are localised areas where it is declining due

to loss of hedgerows.

N1 Mannings Heath Farmlands

The condition of the landscape is considered to be declining due to the extent of

intensive arable agriculture, loss of hedgerows and visual intrusion of urban

development.

O1 Amberley and Pullborough Brooks

Overall condition is considered to be good with only very limited erosion of visual,

ecological and historic character.


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O2 Lower Arun Valley

The overall condition is good, although ecological condition is declining on the upper

valley sides.

O3 Steyning and Henfield Brooks

The overall condition is declining due to loss of hedgerows on valley sides, extension

of arable farmland at the edge of the floodplain and visual intrusion from pylons.

O4 Lower Adur Valley

Condition is considered to be declining due to intensive arable agriculture, and major

road intrusion in the valley.

P1 Upper Arun Valley

The overall condition is good, with some local areas of decline of unspoilt character

in the Horsham area.

P2 Upper Adur Valleys

The overall condition is declining mainly due to loss of hedgerows on the valley sides

from intensive arable agriculture.


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Appendix 4: Site Specific Allocations of Land, Previously Developed Land sites update (as of 31st March 2014)

Site Name Completed Anticipated Completion Update

By:

31/03/14

2015 -

2016

2016 –

2019 2019

Applegarth & Oak Tree Cottage, Ashington (AL01)

22 22 dwellings completed (DC/06/1100)

Charles Wadey Builder’s Yard, Stane Street, Billingshurst (AL01)

14 14 dwellings permitted DC/11/2619

Station Mills, Daux Road, Billingshurst (AL01)

14 Application for 14 dwellings permitted DC/05/1513

Trees, East Street, Billingshurst (AL01)

14 Permission for 14 dwellings (DC/08/2254) 14 complete 11/12

Vauxhall Stevens, Broadbridge Heath (AL01)

45 No planning permissions

1 & 2 Works Cottages, Hills Farm Lane, Horsham (AL01)


137 Crawley Rd, Horsham (AL01)


183 – 187 Comptons Lane, Horsham (AL01)

21 21 dwellings completed (HU/396/03)

19 – 27 Forest Road, Horsham (AL01)

19 19 dwellings completed (NH/135/03)

64 – 68 Hurst Road, Horsham (AL01)


9 – 13 Crawley Road, Horsham (AL01)


Bryce Lodge, New Street, Horsham (AL01)


Cats Protection League, Horsham (AL01)


Council Depot, Denne Road, Horsham (AL01)

64 0

15 dwellings completed on part of the site (DC/04/1662) Application for 49 units permitted (DC/09/1978)

Grandford House, 16 Carfax, Horsham (AL01)


Horsham Football Club, Horsham (AL01)

48 48 dwellings near completion (HU/62/98) 44 units complete 09/10

Laundry Site, Arun Way, Horsham (AL01)

11 11 dwellings completed (DC/07/2803) 11 units complete 09/10

Lifestyle Ford, Horsham (AL01)

105 No Planning Permission

Northbrook College, Hurst Road, Horsham (AL01)



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Parsonage Farm, Horsham (AL01)


Piggott Court, Kennedy Road, Horsham (AL01)


Roffey Sports and Social Club, Horsham (AL01)


St Leonards School, Horsham (AL01)

20 20 dwellings Near completion (DC/08/1361) 20 complete 09/10

Star Reservoir, Comptons Brow Lane, Horsham (AL01)


Texaco Garage, Crawley Road, Horsham (AL01)


Tyre Repair Shop, Brighton Road, Horsham (AL01)


Riverside Concrete, Stane Street, Pulborough (AL01)

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146 dwellings near completion (DC/07/0465) 21 complete 09/10 16 complete 10/11

Southwater Village Centre, Southwater (AL01)


Abbey House, Ravenscroft, Storrington (AL01)

20 20 units completed (DC/07/2792) 20 complete 09/10

Birklands, Kithurst Lane, Storrington (AL01)

15 15 dwellings completed (SR/71/03)

Foxmead, Meadowside, Storrington (AL01)

31 0 30 Dwellings permitted DC/11/1483

Mogren House, Amberley Road, Storrington (AL01)

14 (SR/101/03) 14 dwellings completed

Bellamys Garage, London Road, Washington (AL01)


Meiros Farm, Ashington (AL6)

33

Application for 34 units permitted (DC/10/0864) 5 complete 11/12 28 complete 12/13 (1 loss)

Hammonds, East Street Billingshurst (AL07)

14 0 Application for 14 units permitted DC/09/1919 10 complete 12/13

The Plough, Lower Beeding (AL08)

22 0

Application for 31 units permitted (DC/10/2670) 13 complete 11/12 15 complete 12/13

Windacres Farm, Rudgwick (AL09)

36 Application for 36 units permitted (DC/09/1623)

St Josephs Abbey, Storrington (AL10)

41 0 Application for 41 units permitted (DC/12/0747) Complete 12/13

RAFA site, Sullington (AL11)


Parsonage Farm, Henfield (AL12)

130 Application for 130 units permitted (DC/11/0787) 78 complete 12/13


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Appendix 5: Housing Land Supply Large Sites

Site address

Committed at 1st April 2014

Est

Yr1

Est

Yr2

Est

Yr3

Est

Yr4

Est

Yr5

Est

Yr6

Est

Yr7

Est

Yr8

Est

Yr9

Est

Yr1

0

Est

Yr1

1

Est

Yr1

2

Blue/ Orange = Allocated Pink = Non Allocated

Policy Number

SSAL/ CS Pl Perm number Total

2014/1

5

2015/1

6

2016/1

7

2017/1

8

2018/1

9

2019/2

0

2020/2

1

2021/2

2

2022/2

3

2023/2

4

2024/2

5

2025/2

6

137 Crawley Road Horsham AL01 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0

9-13 Crawley Road Horsham AL01 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Charles Wadey Builders Yard Stane Street

Billingshurst AL01 DC/11/2619 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lifestyle Ford Bishopric Horsham AL01 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Parsonage Farm Horsham AL01 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 40 40 0 0

Roffey Sports & Social Club Horsham AL01 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 0 0 0 0

Star Reservoir Comptons Brow Lane

Horsham AL01 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Vauxhall Stevens Broadbridge Heath AL01 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 20 0 0 0 0

Windacres Farm Rudgwick AL08 DC/09/1623 36 0 0 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RAFA site Sullington AL01 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0

Land east of Parsonage Farm, Deer Park,

Henfield AL07 DC/11/0787 52 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

West of Horsham (EAST) CP7 DC/09/2138 1090 117 81 184 71 71 77 72 72 72 72 72 32

West of Horsham (WEST) CP7 DC/09/2101 963 102 175 175 150 150 34 0 0 0 0 0 0

West of Bewbush - Colgate JAAP DC/10/1612 1300 30 80 120 160 220 280 220 115 0 0 0 0

West of Bewbush - Rusper JAAP DC/10/1612 1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 100 300 275 275 190

36-48 Queen Street, Horsham DC/08/1365 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

48 East Street DC/11/1798 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 Station Road DC/11/1970 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Calluna Nyetimber Lane DC/11/1924 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Drewitts Farm Church Street, Amberley DC/10/1158 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Former Agates Sawmill, Faygate Lane,

Faygate DC/10/0088 152 47 45 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Land E/O Turners Close&S/E of Millfield DC/11/0657 101 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Southwater

Land East of Manor Close, Henfield DC/13/1266 102 0 0 0 40 39 23 0 0 0 0 0 0

Land North of Highfield, Stane Street DC/11/0952 103 0 0 39 30 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Land west of 51 Bluecoat Pond DC/07/2267 13 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Land West of Rascals Close, Southwater DC/13/0932 33 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Professional Centre Clarence Road

Horsham DC/13/0288 45 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RMC Engineering Services, Storrington DC/13/0609 78 42 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Scats PLC Newbridge Road East

Billingshurst DC/10/0800 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Silverdale Coldwaltham DC/12/0112 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

South of Gillmans Industrial Estate

(Marringdean Road) DC/10/0939 150 71 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

South side of Middle Street, Horsham DC/08/0162 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Heath Barn Farm, Billingshurst Road DC/12/1172 34 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Penn Retreat Rectory Lane, Ashington DC/12/1975 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Station Works, Myrtle Lane (Lamina) DC/13/1346 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Land East of Daux Avenue, Billingshurst DC/11/2385 46 22 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

East of Billingshurst DC/13/0735 475 0 0 0 100 100 100 100 75 0 0 0 0

2A Littlehaven Lane DC/12/0744 14 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Itchingfield Country Primary School DC/12/1894 69 32 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fivensgreen House, North Heath Lane DC/12/2257 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

The Firs, Farthings Hill DC/13/0429 27 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

14 - 16 Market Square DC/13/1171 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Garden Cottage Browns Lane, Storrington DC/13/2372 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Our Lady England Roman Catholic Church DC/13/0617 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Britons Croft, Charlton Street DC/13/0430 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Abingworth Farm & Nursery Storrington

Road DC/10/1314 146 0 0 72 40 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tower Court Queensway Horsham DC/12/0197 16 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

60A Queen Street, Horsham DC/11/2136 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Adur view Dawn Crescent DC/13/0753 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bracklyn Harborough DC/11/2621 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Peacocks Hunters Mead DC/13/0316 15 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oakview & Land Rear of Tiree Little

Twynham & Tenure House DC/13/1474 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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SiteAddress Area Name Perm Date Total Commitment

The Old Dairy Blakes Farm Steyning Road Ashurst Ashurst 19/12/2013 1

Copped Hall Farm Okehurst Lane Billingshurst Billingshurst 22/07/2013 1

11 Percy Road Horsham Trafalgar Ward 16/10/2013 2

West Winds Melton Drive Storrington Pulborough Storrington 23/04/2013 1

5 West Street Horsham Denne Ward 08/07/2013 3

Sumners Pond Fishery and Campsite Slaughterford Farm Chapel Road Barns Green Horsham Itchingfield

12/11/2013 1

Farmgate House Bines Road Partridge Green Horsham West Sussex West Grinstead

09/07/2013 1

Fmr Flower Pots London Road Ashington Ashington 15/05/2013 1

Swallows Nest Wheatsheaf Road Henfield Woodmancote 02/08/2013 1

Unit 7 Laura House Jengers Mead Billingshurst Billingshurst 28/11/2013 2

Winson Pulborough Road Cootham Pulborough Storrington 17/01/2014 1

Trelfers Shipley Road Southwater Horsham Shipley 09/01/2014 1

Chantry Farm West Chiltington Lane Coneyhurst Billingshurst Billingshurst

12/07/2013 1

Gibbons Mill Farm The Haven Billingshurst Rudgwick 16/07/2013 1

Walnut Copse West Chiltington Lane Broadford Bridge Billingshurst

West Chiltington

05/08/2013 1

Herdsman Cottage Church Farm London Road Hardham Pulborough West Sussex Coldwaltham

16/01/2014 1

Oakdene Blackgate Lane Pulborough Pulborough 24/09/2013 3

Millstream House North Street Storrington Pulborough Storrington

28/10/2013 1

Annington Mere Barns Annington Road Bramber Bramber 09/04/2013 1

Land East Side of 1 Hillcrest Close Ashington Ashington 14/06/2013 1

4 Pinewood Close Broadbridge Heath Horsham Broadbridge Heath

29/11/2013 1

95 High Street Billingshurst Billingshurst 13/08/2013 1

Home Farm Summers Place Stane Street Billingshurst Billingshurst

17/10/2013 1

Adj Stortford Little Drove Bramber Bramber 17/10/2013 2

White Herons Farm Forest Road Colgate Horsham Colgate 13/03/2014 1

N/O Little Barn Rye Farmhouse Hollands Lane Henfield Henfield

19/12/2013 1

Adams Yard West End Lane Henfield Henfield 01/11/2013 3

Water Farm Bashurst Hill Itchingfield Itchingfield 16/08/2013 3

29 Pasture Hill Road Haywards Heath West Sussex Harlands Ward

19/11/2013 3

Leonardslee House Brighton Road Lower Beeding Lower Beeding 14/06/2013 1

Stonehouse Farm Handcross Road Plummers Plain Horsham Lower Beeding

30/04/2013 1

Peppersgate Farmhouse Brighton Road Lower Beeding Lower Beeding

11/07/2013 2

Furzefield Broadwater Lane Copsale Horsham Nuthurst 13/05/2013 1

Shuckers Farm House Copsale Road Maplehurst Horsham Nuthurst

10/07/2013 1


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Gagglewood Cottage Gaggle Wood Mannings Heath Horsham Nuthurst

25/09/2013 1

Park Farm House Pondtail Drive Horsham North Horsham 15/05/2013 1

7 Lambs Crescent Horsham North Horsham 15/07/2013 1

95 - 97 Littlehaven Lane Horsham North Horsham 07/08/2013 2

Graylands Estate Langhurst Wood Road Horsham North Horsham 22/01/2014 4

70 Lower Street Pulborough Pulborough 06/03/2014 1

Land to S/O Hill Crest Whitehall Drive Ifield Rusper 21/01/2014 1

Former Donnybrook Nursery School Wimland Road Rusper Rusper

05/06/2013 2

2 Church Cottages High Street Rusper Rusper 06/11/2013 2

Three Trees Loxwood Road Rudgwick Horsham Rudgwick 06/01/2014 1

Kings Head Hotel Carfax Horsham Denne Ward 03/09/2013 4

Downsview Farmhouse Clay Lane Cootham Pulborough Storrington

14/03/2014 1

3 Barttelot Court Barttelot Road Horsham Denne Ward 08/07/2013 2

Santander 4 Carfax Horsham Denne Ward 13/08/2013 1

52 Springfield Road Horsham West Sussex Denne Ward 19/11/2013 1

45 London Road Horsham Denne Ward 20/11/2013 1



Fox Way Pinkhurst Lane Slinfold Slinfold 02/04/2013 1

The Cottage Park Street Slinfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 0RU Slinfold

06/03/2014 1

St Andrews Farm Coolham Road Brooks Green Horsham Shipley

24/09/2013 1

Wardens Lodge Larkins Park Emms Lane Brooks Green Horsham Shipley

24/09/2013 1

Pond Farmhouse Worthing Road Southwater Southwater 29/04/2013 3

R/O Rossbank Worthing Road Southwater Southwater 03/12/2013 2

R/O Rossbank Worthing Road Horsham Southwater 17/07/2013 1

Two Mile House Two Mile Ash Horsham Southwater 06/02/2014 1

Catholic Sanctury Fern Road Storrington Storrington 21/05/2013 1

33 West Street Storrington Pulborough Storrington 13/01/2014 2

Nash Manor Horsham Road Steyning Steyning 30/05/2013 1

The Old Tannery Tanyard Lane Steyning Steyning 30/07/2013 4

154 - 156 Crawley Road Horsham Forest Ward 17/05/2013 2

1 Butlers Road Horsham Forest Ward 06/09/2013 1

Hove To The Bostal Upper Beeding Steyning Upper Beeding 10/09/2013 1

Yaffles Rock Road Storrington Pulborough Thakeham 30/04/2013 3

9 Withypitts Turners Hill Crawley Turners Hill 10/01/2014 1

The Glasshouse Studio New Street Horsham Riverside Ward 24/04/2013 2

81 Comptons Lane Horsham Riverside Ward 30/07/2013 1

57A Park Terrace East Horsham Riverside Ward 29/07/2013 1

10 Gorings Mead Horsham Riverside Ward 29/11/2013 4

(Ground Floor) 111 New Street Horsham Riverside Ward 09/07/2013 1

51 Macleod Road Horsham Riverside Ward 30/09/2013 1

15 Station Road Horsham West Sussex Riverside Ward 11/11/2013 2

Elephant & Castle Church Street West Chiltington West Chiltington

02/08/2013 1

Elephant and Castle Church Street West West 13/06/2013 3


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Chiltington Pulborough Chiltington

Old Oaks Spinney Lane West Chiltington Pulborough

West Chiltington

30/07/2013 1

Annies Baskets Limited Henfield Road Albourne Hassocks Woodmancote

09/10/2013 1

18 Church Street Warnham Horsham Warnham 24/04/2013 1

Coach Park Adjacent To Kingscote Dorking Road Warnham Warnham

14/11/2013 1

The Owl Dorking Road Kingsfold Horsham Warnham 12/06/2013 1

72 Bishopric Horsham Trafalgar Ward 21/03/2014 4

26 - 28 Bishopric Horsham Trafalgar Ward 21/11/2013 5

TOTAL (Gross) 134

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