Save Rural Southwater

27/06/2026

Would you buy your water from Southern Water with this Google review ? Until they deliver on KPIs NO BIG Housing approvals from HDC or we suffer water shortages and filth in our rivers .

27/06/2026

https://fb.watch/H_8YSbkm44/?
Steve Reed says no housing without water - our research says all housing approval should stop NOW then!
https://www.saveruralsouthwater.org/post/suddenly-it-seems-we-have-enough-water-or-do-we

08/06/2026

https://www.saveruralsouthwater.org/post/suddenly-it-seems-we-have-enough-water-or-do-we : The crisis we all face in a few years !

02/06/2026

HDC has confirmed, through its Planning Policy Team Leader, that its water demand monitoring methodology assumes residential water consumption of 110 litres per person per day (lpppd), described as being in line with Building Regulations for a water-stressed area. This figure is materially and demonstrably wrong as a basis for monitoring actual water demand. Southern Water’s own published data for the period April 2025 to March 2026 records actual average water consumption as follows: single occupancy households at 232 litres per day; dual occupancy households at 301 litres per day; and an average 2.5-person household at approximately 335 litres per day. HDC’s monitoring assumption of 110 lpppd equates to approximately 275 litres per day for a 2.5-person household, against Southern Water’s actual recorded figure of approximately 335 litres per day — a discrepancy of approximately 60 litres per household per day, representing an error of approximately 21%. This 110 lpppd figure is an aspirational target set by the Environment Agency for achievement by the year 2050. It is not a current consumption figure and does not reflect how water is actually used in new or existing properties in the district today or for the foreseeable future. Using it as the basis for capacity monitoring is not a pragmatic approximation; it is a fundamental methodological error that will result in the Council systematically and materially underestimating actual demand on Southern Water’s network.

30/05/2026

Visit https://www.saveruralsouthwater.org for more information on overdevelopment in Southwater and the South East .

09/04/2026

BBC Interview with Save Rural Sussex Recording - Click to play.
Want to know more ? https://www.saveruralsouthwater.org/

07/04/2026

SRS will be on BBC Radio Sussex around 7:40 am Wednesday 8th April to highlight the issues and concerns about the Berkeley Homes proposal .

How to Tune In

• BBC Sounds link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_sussex

• FM frequencies: 95.1 FM (Horsham), 95.3 FM (Brighton, Worthing)
• DAB: Available across East and West Sussex
• Online: Stream via BBC Sounds on desktop or mobile apps

31/03/2026

Still time to object !! Save Rural Southwater – Helping you protect Southwater Village. Help block Berkeley 1000 Homes — pre-written objections and guide here:
https://www.saveruralsouthwater.org/_files/ugd/e35eee_999ab2224492489e829c8bc8eb13ae3c.pdf

15/03/2026

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-housing-development-on-farmland-near-southwater
Remember to sign the petition against the Berkeley Homes 1000 homes proposal

SRS are speaking at the Parish Council meeting on Wednesday 18 March about the Berkeleys Proposal - let’s get the numbers up on the petition to send SPC a message that SRS speak for you !

Everyone over 18 can sign - everyone in your household can sign if over 18 so let’s get the numbers up !!!

The delayed draft District Plan, which was prepared and recommended for adoption by HDC planning officers, massively extended the Built Up Area Boundary of Southwater Village to include farmland and ancient woodlands between Worthing Road and Two Mile Ash Road right up to the A24, providing for a mi...