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Latest News 27 February 2025:

The Local Development Framework (LDS) 2025 - 2028 has been approved by Cabinet on 26 February 2025.

3 February 2025:

The Inspector has informed us that he remains committed to writing to the Council as soon as he possibly can. He has now indicated that this will not be until the end of February / early March at the earliest. His response will be placed on the Local Plan Examination webpage in due course.

16 December 2024:

The Local Plan Inspector has published a letter which cancels the Local Plan hearings for the weeks of 17 December, 14 January and 21 January 2025. A copy of his letter is published on the Latest News from Local Plan Examination webpage.

The Council has drafted a response to this letter: HDC Local Plan Examination Hearing Letter

July 2024:

Horsham District Council formally submitted the Local Plan and supporting documents to the Planning Inspectorate on Friday 26 July 2024. Please refer to the Local Plan Examination webpage for further information.

July 2024: Local Plan Review Update

The Regulation 19 Local Plan period of representation closed at 5pm Friday 1 March 2024. Any comments received after this time cannot be accepted. All comments received during the period of representation (9am Friday January until 5pm Friday 1 March 2024) are being reviewed and will be published online on or shortly before Local Plan submission, subject to them meeting the standards set out within the Frequently Asked Questions and Guidance for Making Representations.

The Regulation 19 Local Plan can be viewed online here

31 March 2020: The Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan Consultation is now closed.

The consultation on the Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan was held for a six week period between 17 February 2020 and 5pm on 30 March 2020. The consultation sought views on all aspects of the Draft Local Plan, including the potential housing allocations.

The Council received thousands of comments from individuals and organisations and we are grateful for the time and effort that has been spent in making views about the Draft Local Plan known to us.

The Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan can be viewed online here