10 April 2008
Head of Development
for the attention of Steven Booth
Horsham District Council
Park House, North Street
Horsham RH12 1RL
Dear Mr Booth
DC/08/0448 5a-13 Guildford Road, Horsham
I write on behalf of the Horsham Society to object to
this application.
The Society notes that thie application is for the
demolition of five houses and the building of a care
home with 35 1-bedroom and 15 2-bedroom apartments
with communal facilities.The
Society has always regarded the principal roads
entering the town - of which the Guildford Road is one
- as having a special character providing, as they do,
a valued transition between the built-up area and the
open countryside beyond. This opinion is widely
held and frequently remarked on. However, while
the five houses proposed to be demolished are typical
of the detached, two-storey houses in the area the
proposed building would, in marked contrast, present a
continuous part three-storey frontage markedly out of
character with the area.
Yours sincerely
Oliver Palmer
Vice-President, The Horsham Society |
