Countryside Properties: Labour's objections

Below are the full texts of the speeches we made at the planning meeting in objection to the application to build 963 homes in Broadbridge Heath, with only 20% of the proposed development addressing local housing needs.

Lib Dems and Tories vote to dump almost 1000 homes on Broadbridge Heath

At a planning meeting last week the Lib Dem and Tory councillors voted to build nearly 1000 homes on Broadbridge Heath, doubling the size of the village at a stroke.  

Horsham Labour party spoke against this application, on the grounds that the plans contain insufficient affordable housing, with just 20% of the development site to be affordable. Our reactions are below.

Horsham Labour party rejects latest offer from Berkeley Homes

This week's County Times reported on a press release from Horsham council about the Berkely Homes development, which said that an extra £7.25million 'could' be available for affordable housing.

Horsham Labour party's chair, David Hide has responded to this in a letter to the editor, explaining why this new development is not as good as it appears at first glance.

The full text of his letter is reproduced below.

Horsham Council fails to show commitment to affordable housing strategy

Members of Horsham Labour Party met with a cross-party group of councillors and council officers last week to discuss the Council’s response to Horsham Labour Party’s housing petition.

Letter to the Secretary of State

David Hide, Chair of Horsham Labour, wrote today to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, John Denham.

This is a follow-up to our request to call in Horsham council's decision on affordable housing allocation in the development West of Horsham.

The full text is reproduced below.

Affordable Housing

Horsham Labour have been campaigning for more affordable housing in the area for a long time. We believe that the lack of access to decent affordable housing is a serious injustice.