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No A264 access from Pease Pottage every night to 4 October, 8pm to 6am. On Sunday 25 October buses replace trains between Horsham and Three Bridges.
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Events
What's On in Horsham: Fireworks on 24 October, a Halloween Friday Late
Horsham fireworks on Saturday 24 October, a Halloween Friday Late in the Carfax on the 30th, then Remembrance Sunday. Every date checked with the organiser.
Southwater
Southwater police office run by volunteers marks 30 years
Volunteers have kept Southwater's police office open since 1996. Five of the longest-serving received Chief Constable awards at a ceremony on 18 September.
Horsham district
Horsham district £7.2m levy: £2m to Storrington hub
£2m for a Storrington recreation hub, £1.6m for a Mowbray health centre and £1.5m for a Pulborough pavilion. Full Council votes on the £7.2m on 7 October.
Housing
Pulborough, Billingshurst, Ashurst: 5 social homes saved
Five empty three-bed Saxon Weald homes will be repaired with £547,144 instead of being sold, Cabinet decided. The 22 garage-site homes were approved too.
Environment
Horsham waste plant logged 199 battery fires in a year
Batteries, vapes and electricals caused 199 fires at the waste plant north of Horsham in a year. Where each should go instead, from the bin-lid bag to the tip.
Christmas
Leonardslee Lights 2026: 27 Nov to 30 Dec, from £18.50
Leonardslee Lights runs on selected evenings from 27 November to 30 December 2026. Adults from £18.50, children £13.50, a free Horsham shuttle, a quiet night.
Remembrance
Horsham Remembrance Sunday: 8 November, parade 10.30am
Horsham's Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Last year the parade left North Street at 10.30am for the Carfax war memorial and a two-minute silence at 11am.
House prices
Horsham house prices July 2026: back up, to £441,654
The average Horsham district home sold for £441,654 in July, up 0.7% on a year after June's fall. Semis rose 2.0%, flats fell 2.0%. Still top in West Sussex.
Horsham
Horsham's New Curry Centre Named Best Restaurant 2026
The London Road restaurant won Best Restaurant of the Year 2026 at the Global Power Awards in London on 21 September. What we checked, and what we did not.
Parking
Horsham On-Street Parking: £2.10 an Hour From 1 October
Town centre on-street parking goes to £2.10 an hour on 1 October. The carers permit rises fastest, from £22 to £30 a year. Here is the full new rate card.
Planning
Pulborough Traveller Site Refused on Train Horn Noise
Six Gypsy and Traveller pitches off Gay Street Lane refused 10 votes to 3, on train horns and vehicle movements. Officers had recommended approval.
Roads
Broadbridge Heath 20mph Plan: 30 Roads, Deadline 1 Oct
West Sussex wants 20mph on 30 Wickhurst Green roads, and a longer 40mph on the A283 at Storrington after a fatal collision. Comments close 1 October.
Bin day, parking charges, and the council tax band on a house somebody is thinking of buying. Between them those three account for most of what anyone needs from a local website in an ordinary month, so we look after them properly, set them against Horsham District Council’s published figures, and say on the page when we last checked.
The rest of the time we read the record. Applications and decisions for Horsham itself, for Southwater, Billingshurst, Storrington and Pulborough, what gets agreed in the council chamber, crime data by ward, food hygiene inspections. All public, all fairly dull to sit down with, and all worth knowing about well before the diggers turn up. We write it in plain English and say where each number came from, with a link.
Horsham is one market town and a great many villages, and a decision taken a few minutes’ walk from the Carfax can change a lane five miles out. We try to report it that way round.