Village near Horsham faces prospect of more than 320 new homes
More than 320 new homes could end up being built on land in a village near Horsham.
Building product specialist company Wienerberger has this week lodged a planning application with Horsham District Council to build 24 new properties on land at Station Road in Warnham – next to a site where developers have already proposed building another 300 homes.
Riverdale Developments submitted a planning application last year for 304 properties on land around 300 metres to the west of the Station Road site. However no decisions have yet been made.
The 34.5 acre Riverdale site is east of the north Horsham development – Mowbray village – where 2,750 new homes are currently under construction.
The proposed Station Road development site in Warnham is currently open agricultural land containing old animal enclosures and relic agricultural machinery along with a number of other structures.
The Wienerberger company owns around 19 acres of land in the area but its proposed development of the 24 homes at Station Road is on just over two acres of it. The company also owns a brick manufacturing facility to the north of Warnham Station.
Wienerberger says that its planned 24 new properties will consist of a mix of housing which would make ‘a valuable contribution to the need for new housing in the district.’
It says that, if granted planning approval, 35 per cent of the properties would be classed as affordable and would be available as a mix of rented and shared ownership.
The company also wants to provide a new vehicle access to the site via a new junction onto Station Road.
Meanwhile, local residents are already voicing opposition – and others have raised objections to the Mercer Road proposed development.
Warnham Parish Council has said that the 300-home proposed development would “significantly exacerbate pressure on local infrastructure.”