Helpful Documents
Documents are available below to download
These can be used for reference and as templates in objections to the Horsham District Council Local Plan for 1000+ houses to be built across beautiful Southwater.
NOTE: The HDC consultation objection submission period has now closed.
Step By Step Guide to completing your comments and objections on the HDC Regulation 19 Portal
Residents are encouraged to comment on the draft plan through the current Regulation 19 consultation process which remains open until 1 March 2024. Comments can be submitted through an on-line portal on the HDC website or in writing by post.
The growth of Southwater from 1985
It is a stark view of how overdeveloped Southwater has become and how relentless development has been over the past 40 years.
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HDC Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 representations
Filed on behalf of Save Rural Southwater and Stammerham Amenity Association
Save Rural Southwater and Stammerham Amenity Association have done the hard work here so you don't have to.
Upload this document to you objection submission to reference details within your objections and comment on the draft plan in the current 'Regulation 19 consultation process'.
Example objection to HDC Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 representations - Objection: Water Neutrality.
This is one of the most critical and compelling objections to the HDC Local Plan.
Use this to help you complete your objections.
We cannot tell you what to write in your objections, however if you wish to copy our comments you are welcome to use these.
Example objection to HDC Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 representations - Objection: No provision for a hospital
Use this to help you complete your objections.
We cannot tell you what to write in your objections, however if you wish to copy our comments you are welcome to use these.
Example objection to HDC Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 representations - Objection: Disregard of the Build up Area Boundary.
Use this to help you complete your objections.
We cannot tell you what to write in your objections, however if you wish to copy our comments you are welcome to use these.
Example objection to HDC Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 representations - Objection: The designation of Southwater as a Strategic Site conflicts with the spatial objectives set out in the plan (Page 19 Table 1)
Use this to help you complete your objections.
We cannot tell you what to write in your objections, however if you wish to copy our comments you are welcome to use these.
Example objection to HDC Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 representations - Objection: Coalescence and the overwhleming merger of residential areas in Southwater
Use this to help you complete your objections.
We cannot tell you what to write in your objections, however if you wish to copy our comments you are welcome to use these.
Horsham District Local Plan 2023 - 2040 (Regulation 19). For reference view the Horsham District Local Plan 2023 - 2040 (Regulation 19) here >
This document is 222 pages long and complex to navigate. For quick reference:
Page 163: Strategic Policy HA3 - Land North West of Southwater
Page 195: MAP - Figure 8: Land North West of Southwater Masterplan