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Highlights of the Great Daffodil Appeal in the area include people getting together to collect at Tesco, Sainsburys and the town centre, giving more than 70 hours of volunteering. Kate Holdsworth, Community Fundraiser for West Sussex said: “I would like to say a great big thank you to everyone in Horsham for being so generous and kind, by either donating or by being one of our amazing volunteers.”

Young people seeking rented homes will be offered more than 200 on a new private estate near Horsham. Every one of the 227 homes on the latest phase of building at Kilnwood Vale off the A264 will be a private rental property. But before the latest stage of its approval this week people living nearby claimed it would bring trouble to the rest of the estate, which will eventually have about 2500 homes when it is finished. The all-rental homes are part of a move in a relatively new idea to solve the acute shortage of rented properties for young people who are in good jobs but find the excessive cost of buying a home beyond them. Before Horsham district councillors backed the scheme they read a report detailing concerns in more than 30 letters from people living near the proposed site, which is known as phase 2.1B of the Kil-

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nwoood development. A summary to councillors said: “Concern is raised over low income households and the problems they could bring to the estate. The high density and scale of the buildings will become a haven for crime and anti-social disorder.” One comment said: “The propos-

Many of the District’s younger residents could be termed reasonably prosperous, mobile, valuable to the economy.. al would create its own ghetto with its own facilities.” And another described the design as “horrendous”. But the report from planning officers to the North Development Control committee also said: “It is not considered that the development would be likely to have any significant impact on crime and disorder.” And it said of the private rental

scheme: “‘Many of the District’s younger residents could be termed reasonably prosperous, mobile, valuable to the economy but unable to afford full scale house purchase and earning too much to qualify for social housing.”. The report added: “As there is a demand for market level rented properties within the District the Strategic Housing Manager welcomes the proposed development and it is considered that the proposal would assist in meeting a local need for housing, as required by Policy 16 of the Horsham District Planning Framework.” Councillors on the Development Control North committee agreed on Tuesday evening that the scheme by Crest Nicholson should be delegated for approval to the council’s development manager subject to securing a legal agreement and appropriate conditions with the company. The rental estate will have 104 one-bedroom flats or maisonettes, another 104 two –bedroom flats, eight three-bedroom flats, seven three-bedroom terraced houses and four four-bedroom terrace houses, with a communal club house and ball court.

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People of Horsham have big hearts, say charity organisers. Marie Curie Nurses in Horsham say they want to want to thank everyone involved in making the 2016 Great Daffodil Appeal a great success. The month long appeal in March saw volunteers out in force to encourage people to make a donation and wear the charity’s daffodil pin to help support people living with a terminal illness and their loved ones. It raised £3, 943.

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