Lower Broadbridge Farm
Five Oaks Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3LR
Learn more about our plans for a new development at Lower Broadbridge Farm, Broadbridge Heath
We are working to deliver a brand new community in Broadbridge Heath, West Sussex.
Following an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate, outline planning permission for this site was granted in March 2024. We are now progressing the detailed designs for the appearance, layout, scale and landscaping.
In line with the planning permission, we are proposing to deliver up to 133 dwellings, of which 45% will be affordable housing. We are also delivering open spaces, a play area, sustainable drainage systems and vehicular and pedestrian access from Five Oaks Road.
You can download a high resolution PDF of the development layout here.
We held an online consultation between 2nd and 15th February 2026. All feedback is now being considered before we submit our reserved matters application to Horsham District Council.
You can contact the project team via this link.Development Map
Masterplan
We are also proposing to deliver the following:
- Open spaces across the site, including ecological enhancements
- An equipped play area to benefit local children
- Vehicular and pedestrian access points from Five Oaks Road
- A sustainable urban drainage system including a series of swales and attenuation basins
- Improved landscaping
Homes proposed
As a responsible housebuilder committed to building a sustainable future for our customers, Taylor Wimpey takes a ‘fabric first’ approach to housebuilding, creating highly-insulated homes with low-energy lighting, appliances and a selection of low-use water fittings.
Please find an example below.
Street scenes
We want to deliver a new development that will appeal to a range of homebuyers, whether they be first time buyers, growing families or downsizers.
Building materials will be carefully selected and procured in order to reduce their life cycle impact, including using timber from certified sustainable sources only.
Homes will be designed to complement the architecture of the surrounding area. We will take cues from the traditional forms and themes that can be found around Broadbridge Heath, whilst utilising modern materials and detailing to create an attractive and sustainable development.
You can download a high resolution street scenes here.
To create a characterful community, our proposals seek to deliver a mix of house designs, ranging from one-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom homes. We envisage that the development will consist of two and two-and-a-half storey buildings up to 11.5m in height.
The main street of the development will be a tree lined avenue, with street trees in grass verges alongside hedgerow and shrub planting. The design of the avenue will be formal, while secondary streets and private drives will become more informal, through less rigid planting and pockets of colour. Native trees and hedgerows will define the edges of the development
Private car parking spaces will be provided in a variety of layouts to the side or front of individual properties, whilst visitors will be able to park in defined bays.
Our proposals features
Connectivity
A central pedestrian route through the site will offer safe passage to surrounding public footpaths. The site is close to various amenities and facilities, with nearby bus stops offering direct connections to Horsham railway station and a broader selection of services.
Drainage
The drainage system will include permeable paving, swales, and three attenuation basins. Surface water will be collected in a below ground drainage system and discharged to the basins, from where it will gradually discharge into the existing watercourse in a way that mimics the existing run off from the site.
The development will also benefit from efficient fixtures and fittings, which serve to reduce the volume of foul water discharged from site to the existing public foul sewer system off site.
Ecology
The site comprises agricultural land defined by tree belts, with one larger field adjoining the A281 and one smaller field adjoining Five Oaks Road. Whilst some surveys were carried out at the outline planning stage, we will be completing updated surveys of the site as part of this application in order to ensure that the information is current.
In addition to ensuring that wildlife is protected during construction, we are proposing a series of ecological enhancements that will secure biodiversity gains in the long-term.
Mitigation and enhancement measures include:
- Retention of the most valuable habitats, with sensitive site clearance methods and ecological supervision where required
- Sensitive lighting strategy to avoid impact from excessive artificial lighting
- Creation of new habitats, including wildflower grassland, native shrubs, hedgerows and trees, which will benefit invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, bats and birds
- Provision of bird and bat boxes on suitable trees and integrated within new homes, which will provide space for nesting and shelter
- Installation of bee bricks within new homes and provision of log/brash piles in areas of open space to benefit invertebrates as well as reptiles and amphibians
- Selective grass clippings to be retained to create compost heaps near to new ponds in suitably secluded locations, providing egg laying habitats for grass snakes
- Creation of hedgehog highways across the site and the provision of hedgehog nest boxes
When combined, these proposals will deliver a biodiversity net gain of at least 22% across the site, as required by the outline permission.
Heritage
We will instruct further archaeological assessments, including a programme of geophysical surveys and trial trench evaluation. Once completed these investigations will form part of the county historical environment record.
Our approach features
Previous planning applications
The outline planning application was guided by an online public consultation carried out by Gleeson Land in January 2022.
Following an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate, outline planning permission for this site was granted in March 2024.
Community
Economic benefits
Infrastructure which can be funded through CIL includes (but is not limited to) roads and other transport facilities, flood defences, schools and other educational facilities, medical facilities, sporting and recreational facilities, open spaces and community facilities.
Horsham District Council will dictate where the CIL funding is spent.
Open space
Landscape buffers will enhance ecological and recreational benefits and, when combined, our ecological enhancements will increase on-site biodiversity by at least 22%.
Sustainability
You can find out more at www.taylorwimpey.co.uk/corporate/sustainability/environment-strategy.
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