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“Essential site preparation works will begin next week at Horsham Enterprise Park in Wimblehurst Road, Horsham.

The works, being carried out by Axio (Special Works) Limited, are due to be completed in five months’ time.

This will allow for early commencement of the commercial phases of the scheme to begin in spring 2021.

Preparatory work taking place on site includes disposal of building waste, maintenance and internal strip out of the central buildings, ground preparation, tree root protection and putting up perimeter hoardings.

Jeremy Hunt, West Sussex County Council’s Cabinet Member for Finance, said: “The site works starting next week are a big step forward in the development of Horsham Enterprise Park and have been planned to facilitate early commencement of the first phase of commercial development early next year.

“It remains important to us, especially in these very hard and unpredictable times, that we make sure we support our local economies to help them grow and thrive as we move into a ‘new normal’ and that we build on Horsham’s long-established position as a major centre for high-value employment.”

The Park will deliver a high quality mixed commercial and residential scheme to boost the local economy by providing new homes and high value jobs.

The main features of the outline Horsham Enterprise Park development are:

• 25,000 square metres of employment space – such as offices and research and development use – on two-thirds of the site, including a new enterprise hub or collaborative workspace for micro and small businesses.
• Up to 300 new homes on one-third of the site in a range of sizes, types and tenures, including provision of 35 per cent affordable housing.
• Community facilities for shopping and other services.”

Message from Legal & General’s Community Liaison Team:

“A Temporary Traffic Regulation Order was recently published for a closure on Rusper Road, no right turns and temporary speed limits on the A264. However, we wanted to clarify that Rusper Road south will not be closed for 10-18 months as the Order suggested.

The Order is worded to allow for works to take place within an 18-month period, rather than for the entirety of it. The construction programme is currently anticipated to be around 10 months, and we are working closely with West Sussex County Council and NATTA, our appointed contractor, to agree how these works will be managed with as little disruption as possible. However, Rusper Road south will be closed for approximately 15 weeks. 

We will continue to keep you up to date as the programme for these works progresses. A programme of work will be published in partnership with West Sussex County Council in the next couple of weeks. We will endeavour to give as much notice as possible for road closures, which will always be minimum of 2 weeks, and we will also be notifying the local emergency services to ensure they are all aware of the closure in advance.  

These works are taking place now in order to support the opening of Bohunt School in December 2021 by delivering major utility connections to the school site and wider development, along with providing safe access for pedestrians and cyclists from the south.”

WSCC online services will be disrupted this weekend (13 – 16 November) while essential electrical testing is carried out.

The testing will begin at 7pm on Friday 13 November, with all council IT systems expected to be up and running again as normal by 7am on Monday 16 November.

Any urgent updates about COVID-19 will be shared on their social media pages – Twitter @WSCCNews & Facebook @WestSussexCC.

Other service information will be available over the weekend on their back-up website at westsussexcountycouncil.blogspot.co.uk.

The following emergency contact numbers will also be available:

• COVID-19 Community Hub – 07784 217238*
• Children’s Social Care – 07711 769657*
• Adults Social Care – 07711 559887*
• Mental Health Support – 07523 945943
• Highways – 01243 642105
• Street Lighting – 0800 0482435.

        *For this weekend only.