Local Plan review: Issues and Options

LATEST NEWS: 13 November 2025 -  The Council has written back to the Local Plan Examination Inspector in response to the Inspector's Initial Response to HDC43 (ID09).

The Letter to Inspector - Response to ID09 (HDC44), Appendix 1 Natural England Arun Valley Withdrawal Statement 31.10.25 (HDC44a) and Appendix 2 Additional Duty to Co-operate Information (HDC44b) have been published in the Examination Library webpage under 'Post Submission Document'.


Local Plan Review: Issues and Options Consultation

As one of the first stages of the Local Plan Review evidence gathering process, we published the Issues and Options for Employment, Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development document for consultation from April 6 to May 26 2018.

The document contains an assessment of the Horsham District's economic position, and list of sites with potential for commercial or employment use.

The final document is available to view below, along with a summary of representations made at Consultation stage.

Issues and Options 2018