The Horsham Draft Local Plan 2023-2040 Examination has been put on hold following the Inspector’s “significant concerns about the soundness and legal compliance of the Plan in respect of a number of areas” which are due to be set out in detail in a separate letter in due course.
Horsham District Council have responded to this decision setting out their surprise at the prematurity of the decision “in advance of receipt of the further evidence he has requested from the Council on the matters that appear to concern him”. Horsham also set out that the main issues that appear to concern the inspector are: 1) meeting housing needs and the Sustainability Appraisal (“SA”); 2) Whether the Council has discharged its Duty to Cooperate; 3) The purported 6-month time limit in relation to delay in the examination of local plans.
Full details can be found here: https://www.horsham.gov.uk/planning/local-plan
