Plans for flats above Horsham town centre shop
Plans are being drawn up to convert two floors above a Horsham town centre shop into flats.
Prior approval for the flats above the Poundland store in West Street is being sought from Horsham District Council by a company known as Ganco Holdings.
If approved, there would be eight one and two bedroom flats while the ground floor would be retained as retail space. The first and second floors of the building were previously used as shop storage space.
Ganco Holdings say: “The new flats will provide a good standard of accommodation, with all units providing generous room sizes and benefitting from a good provision of natural light.”
However, the watchdog group The Horsham Society has lodged an objection because, it says, the proposals do not include any car parking spaces.
In a letter to the council, the society says: “In our view there can be no such thing as a ‘car free’ development in the town centre.
“Whatever the developer may suggest there will be a future demand for parking arising from this development for residents, visitors and tradespeople.
"The parking situation in this area is already acute and this would simply exacerbate the problem.”
No decisions have yet been made.