Horsham Growth Deal

Horsham Growth Deal supports the delivery of shared priorities for West Sussex County Council (WSCC) and Horsham District Council (HDC) and is the foundation for the Horsham Growth Programme which is the operational arm of the partnership.

These priorities aim to support the delivery of new homes and commercial space through strategic sites, improve sustainable transport and community infrastructure to integrate new communities with the town centre. The Growth Programme and priority areas will support local economic growth and secure funding and investment opportunities in Horsham district.

As the current deal is ending its five-year cycle, partners are working together to refresh the programme’s priorities to reflect the authorities shared economic growth objectives and respond to wider economic, social and environmental challenges and budget pressures.

Priorities

This 'District Deal' sets out a joint undertaking between HDC and WSCC to combine resources to deliver shared priorities, enabling the planned delivery of new homes, commercial space and jobs in the district, securing the infrastructure to support new development and economic growth and seeking to secure new funding opportunities for the town.

The shared strategic growth priorities are based on those set out in the Horsham Place Plan.

West and North of Horsham Developments

The West and North of Horsham Infrastructure Package have delivered four significant highway junction improvements and continue to work towards the delivery of new primary, secondary and sixth form education facilities together with wider infrastructure improvements that will support the delivery of the major housing and employment allocations.

The Growth Deal focuses on the implementation of the comprehensive infrastructure packages that support the delivery of housing and economic growth at these locations and integrate them with Horsham Town. This includes strategic highway and sustainable transport improvements and securing the delivery of education sites.

Horsham Town Centre

The Growth Deal provides the framework for the creation and delivery of the Town Centre Vision and the Horsham Town Centre Public Realm Strategy and Design Guide to promote and sustain Horsham Town Centre and to maximise investment opportunities for identified development sites in the town.

The Horsham Town Centre Public Realm Strategy was adopted by the council in March 2021 to support the Horsham Town and the development of an investment strategy and delivery plan. This project is now progressing through design stages for significant public realm improvements through key locations within Horsham town centre that will be delivered through the period of a refreshed growth deal.

Hurst Road

The Hurst Road site to the northeast of the town centre is currently in multiple public sector ownership and, through One Public Estate funding and partnership work, a series of redevelopment opportunities across the site were explored with site stakeholders.

The redevelopment potential of the site will continue to be reviewed across a multi-phased approach with WSCC initially disposing of their former Fire and Rescue Station to support residential development within the site, subject to HDC planning approval.

Larksfield Place (formally Horsham Enterprise Park)

Larksfield Place will be developed in stages over the next few years, with WSCC having undertaken a series of site enabling and demolition works and having appointed Muse Developments as a development partner to take forward the successful delivery of the site.

This project has the potential to deliver 328 affordable housing units and 182 market units that will support a healthy workforce within the town.  The proposals for residential use at the former pharmaceutical site will be subject to HDC planning consent.