Horsham Councillors raise concerns with the government over targets for thousands of new homes

As part of its local plan review, the district must allow 965 homes to be built every year between now and 2036 – 17,370 in total – as well as taking on hundreds that neighbours such as Crawley do not have the space to build.

This adds up to 1,200-1,400 homes per year – a task leader Ray Dawe described as ‘extremely difficult’.