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Horsham: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Horsham District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of WSX. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within West Sussex County Council. ONS code E07000227.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Horsham for 2026–27: £187.71 of a £2,441.01 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 0 opened, 1 closed (1 closure)

Littlehaven Educational Trust — closed; reason recorded: closure, 30 September 2025

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Horsham reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Horsham: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	−£3.0 million
Children's social care	£9,000
Adult social care	£322,000
Public health	£202,000
Housing services (general fund only)	£3.0 million
Cultural and related services	£4.0 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£8.8 million
Planning and development services	£6.2 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£4.8 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£24.3 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Horsham in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 151,521 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 45 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £34,400 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £690 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 15.4% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.0% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £441,654 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 10.1 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 3.9 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 76.3% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 195.4 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 7,750 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

48 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 26, Conservative and Unionist 11, Green Party (E&W) 9, Reform UK 1, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 48 councillors, by ward

John Trollope (Liberal Democrats) — Billingshurst
Mark Baynham (Liberal Democrats) — Billingshurst
Sam Bateman (Liberal Democrats) — Billingshurst
Mike Croker (Green Party (E&W)) — Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote
Roger Noel (Conservative and Unionist) — Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote
James Brookes (Liberal Democrats) — Broadbridge Heath
Jonathan Taylor (Liberal Democrats) — Broadbridge Heath
Hannah Butler (Liberal Democrats) — Colgate & Rusper
Tony Hogben (Reform UK) — Colgate & Rusper
Joanne Knowles (Liberal Democrats) — Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead
Lynn Lambert (Conservative and Unionist) — Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead
Cheryl Sweeney (Conservative and Unionist) — Denne
Clive Trott (Liberal Democrats) — Denne
Ruth Fletcher (Liberal Democrats) — Denne
Colin Minto (Liberal Democrats) — Forest
David Skipp (Liberal Democrats) — Forest
Jon Olson (Liberal Democrats) — Forest
Gill Perry (Green Party (E&W)) — Henfield
Josh Potts (Conservative and Unionist) — Henfield
Nick Grant (Liberal Democrats) — Holbrook East
Warwick Hellawell (Liberal Democrats) — Holbrook East
Chris Franke (Liberal Democrats) — Holbrook West
Nigel Emery (Liberal Democrats) — Holbrook West
Ross Dye (Conservative and Unionist) — Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham
Tricia Youtan (Conservative and Unionist) — Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham
Dennis Livingstone (Liberal Democrats) — Nuthurst & Lower Beeding
Jon Campbell (Green Party (E&W)) — Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley
Len Ellis-Brown (Green Party (E&W)) — Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley
Paul Clarke (Conservative and Unionist) — Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley
Belinda Walters (Liberal Democrats) — Roffey North
Tony Bevis (Liberal Democrats) — Roffey North
Jay Mercer (Liberal Democrats) — Roffey South
Sam Raby (Liberal Democrats) — Roffey South
Richard Landeryou (Conservative and Unionist) — Rudgwick
Claire Vickers (Conservative and Unionist) — Southwater North
Peter van der Borgh (Liberal Democrats) — Southwater North
Alexander Jeffery (Liberal Democrats) — Southwater South & Shipley
Colette Blackburn (Liberal Democrats) — Southwater South & Shipley
Nicholas Marks (Green Party (E&W)) — Steyning & Ashurst
Victoria Finnegan (Green Party (E&W)) — Steyning & Ashurst
Claudia Fisher (Green Party (E&W)) — Storrington & Washington
Emma Beard (Green Party (E&W)) — Storrington & Washington
Joan Grech (Green Party (E&W)) — Storrington & Washington
Anthony Frankland (Liberal Democrats) — Trafalgar
Martin Boffey (Liberal Democrats) — Trafalgar
Alan Manton (Independent / Other) — West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington
Joy Dennis (Conservative and Unionist) — West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington
Philip Circus (Conservative and Unionist) — West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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