Local Plan 2004
The Mid Sussex Local Plan was adopted on May 27th 2004 and is part of the development plan for Mid Sussex. This has now been replaced by the Mid Sussex District Plan. However, some policies in the Mid Sussex Local Plan 2004 have been saved on adoption of the District Plan.
For the part of Mid Sussex District that is within the South Downs National Park, the South Downs Local Plan is the development plan (adopted July 2019).
Letters in brackets denote the policy number prefixes within each chapter
| Number | Chapter |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | Plan strategy (G) |
| 3 | The countryside (C) |
| 4 | Built environment (B) |
| 5 | Housing (H) |
| 6 | The economy (E) |
| 7 | Shopping (S) |
| 8 | Transport and parking (T) |
| 9 | Recreation and tourism (R) |
| 10 | Community services and resources (CS) |
| 11 | Burgess Hill (BH) |
| 12 | East Grinstead (EG) |
| 13 | Haywards Heath (HH) |
| 14 | Village strategy |
| 15 | Albourne |
| 16 | Ansty (AN) |
| 17 | Ardingly (AR) |
| 18 | Ashurst Wood (AW) |
| 19 | Balcombe (BA) |
| 20 | Birch Grove |
| 21 | Bolney (BO) |
| 22 | Clayton |
| 23 | Copthorne (CO) |
| 24 | Crawley Down (CD) |
| 25 | Cuckfield (CU) |
| 26 | Fulking |
| 27 | Handcross (HA) |
| 28 | Highbrook |
| 29 | Horsted Keynes (HK) |
| 30 | Hurstpierpoint(HU) |
| 31 | Keymer and Hassocks (KH) |
| 32 | Lindfield (LI) |
| 33 | Pease Pottage (PP) |
| 34 | Poynings (PO) |
| 35 | Pyecombe (PY) |
| 36 | Sayers Common |
| 37 | Scaynes Hill |
| 38 | Slaugham |
| 40 | Turners Hill (TH) |
| 41 | Warninglid (WA) |
| 42 | West Hoathly and Sharpthorne (WHS) |
| 43 | Rural areas (RA) |
| Appendix A - Explanatory note on housing land supply |
Mid Sussex Local Plan 2004 - saved policies
The District Plan sets out the Local Plan 2004 policies that have been saved. The saved Local Plan policies will continue to remain in place until they are implemented or until superseded by a subsequent neighbourhood plan or an appropriate planning document.
The following policies have NOT been saved and no longer form part of the Mid Sussex Local Plan:
- C7 - Best and Most Versatile Agricultural Land: GOSE advised that this policy exceeds the provisions of PPG7 paragraph 28
- BH4 - 15 units, off Cants Lane, Burgess Hill: Implemented
- EG4 - Former Gas Works, Moat Road, East Grinstead: Implemented
- EG6 - Mixed Use including 12 flats, Railway Approach Car Park, East Grinstead: Implemented
- EG12 - Mixed Use, Railway Approach Car Park, East Grinstead: Implemented
- EG16 - Leisure facilities at Imberhorne School, East Grinstead: Implemented
- EG24 - Deletion of Metropolitan Green Belt: Process Underway
- HH5 - Phasing of Haywards Heath Strategic Development up to 2006: Out of Date
- BA1 - 16 Units, Deanland Nursery, Balcombe: Implemented
- CO1 - Green Belt, Copthorne: Process Underway
- CU4 - Cycleway between Haywards Heath and Cuckfield: Implemented
- HU3 - Land to the rear of 135/137 High Street, Hurstpierpoint: Implemented
- KH8 - Burial Ground Extension, Keymer: Implemented
- PP2 - Disused Depot Site, Old Brighton Road, Pease Pottage: Implemented
More information can be found in the Mid Sussex Local Plan 2004 Saved Policies Application Decision Letter (GOSE).