Burgess Hill Town Council has agreed a draft town plan which outlines strategic priorities for the town, with the aim of promoting a positive future for Burgess Hill based on acceptance of some new housing but only on the basis of planned infrastructure development that will benefit all residents of the town. See the separate […]

Mid Sussex District Council seems intent on imposing the bulk of the housing required under the government’s housing targets onto Burgess Hill without consultation or discussion with the Town Council – 3,800 or 82% of the identified houses are being proposed to be built to the north and north west of the town. This relates […]

New housing sites can often occur when larger gardens or other small sites are redeveloped, these “windfall” housing sites provide several hundred new houses a year, yet our Conservative District Council has failed to ensure developers of these sites pay any contribution to local infrastructure. Normally new housing developments are required to contribute towards the […]

Support the all party petition against the development of a DIY store on part of the Triangle leisure centre site – meet to collect signatures or contact Anne to see how you can help. 9.30 – 12.30 – town centre – Friday 10th & Saturday 11th July 2pm- 6pm (and possibly also evening session) – […]

Liberal Democrat moves to get the Conservative controlled Mid Sussex District Council to rescind its previous decision, to dispose of land at the Triangle Leisure Centre in order to build a DIY store, were narrowly defeated at an extraordinary meeting of the District Council held last Wednesday. The meeting was specially called by Liberal Democrats […]

Mid Sussex District Council is currently consulting on its five year housing strategy including outlining plans relating to building new social housing, tackling homelessness and laying down environmental standards for new housing. The increase in the affordable housing requirement for new developments from 30% to 40% on sites of 15 houses or above is welcome, […]

The publication earlier this week of the South East Plan confirmed the Mid Sussex target of 17,100 new dwellings over the next twenty years. The plan itself is officially now part of the Mid Sussex planning guidance, and all planning applications must be determined in accordance with it “unless material factors indicate otherwise”. We now […]

Lib Dem Councillor Denis Jones asked the audience at the recent Burgess Hill Town Council Annual Meeting: “One of the things we know about our town is that we don’t want a DIY store at the Triangle.  Is there anybody out there who wants one?” – his question was met by silence!  Local residents, traders […]

The Government imposed target of 17,100 homes to be built in Mid Sussex over the next twenty years could mean around 5,000 new houses for Burgess Hill. However no additional Government funding has been promised for the necessary infrastructure to allow such large scale development to go ahead – and with house prices falling, the […]

The planning application for a proposed Homebase on part of the Triangle site is ill-founded and unjustified – there is no demonstrative need for this development, which is an overdevelopment of the location, and conflicts with the existing planning policies for the Triangle site and for the town. The application is not just for a […]