What can you do?
The HDC Local Plan Consulation Objection submission has now closed. Thank you to everyone who made your thoughts and opinions clear.
See details of other things you can do to protect beautiful Southwater here >
What will be the impact on our community and the environment of further mass development?
What is
Save Rural Southwater?
Save Rural Southwater (SRS) is an action group of residents who have come together to protect the Southwater countryside. SRS works to stop the rampant over-development by Berkeley Homes and landowners which is turning our village into a town. Berkeley Homes already has permission to double the size of the Broadacres estate, with another 300 houses still to be built. That is why we say: Enough is Enough!
We champion the democratic rights of all Southwater residents to have a real say in the development of the village and surrounding area and to oppose developer-led urban sprawl. The Localism Act of 2011 gives people the right to influence planning in their area. The Southwater Neighbourhood Plan is the democratically decided plan for the future. It must be honoured by Horsham District Council in their planning decisions up to 2039.
We welcome anyone who wants to support our local effort. You can join our mailing list below and get in touch at info@saveruralsouthwater.org.
We oppose the rampant over development of our village.
Lib Dem HDC Local Plan proposal for at least 1000 homes
Local people should decide the community development priorities, not profit-led developers and Horsham District Council.
Profiteering should not determine the shape of our village. It has been the long held ambition of Berkeley Homes, and two land-owners, Christ’s Hospital School and the Aubrey-Fletcher family trust, to concrete over more of the farmland adjoining the village. Berkeley Homes holds development options on this farmland. All three parties stand to make hundreds of millions of pounds in profit, and would destroy Southwater in the process.
We all need houses and important decisions have to be made about what is built, and where.
We support the well-planned development and growth of Southwater to meet actual local need.
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