Legal & General submits first detailed North Horsham housing plans

Liberty Property Trust was granted outline permission for land north of the A264 by Horsham District Council back in 2017.

But in 2019, Legal & General purchased the site from Liberty and are now responsible for bringing forward the development.

The company has already submitted details plans for a foot/cycle bridge across the A264 and various other infrastructure works.

Now it has lodged a reversed matters application for its first parcel of 197 homes to the west of Rusper Road.

This follows a separate reserved matters for an area immediately to the east submitted by Cala Homes last year for 193 homes.

Of the 197 homes, 25 would be affordable and 172 market units.

There would be 430 residential parking spaces in total and 36 for visitors.

The development’s new access point would be from the new Moat Road and it would include a central pocket park.

These homes are predominantly two storeys in height, with elements of 2.5 storeys along the principle street and to mark open spaces. Three-storey apartments are used as ‘marker buildings’ to frame key spaces and corners along the spine road and secondary street.

The application concludes: “The proposals for RM area 2 has been designed to support the ambition for Land North of Horsham as set out in the OPP [outline planning permission] and DLS [design and landscape strategy], to deliver a sustainable community that is welcoming, inclusive and built to last.

“A neighbourhood created through spaces and buildings that are rooted in their environment and local context, and take advantage of the unique landscape setting of this site.”

To comment visit www.horsham.gov.uk/planning using code DC/21/0066.