Developers can no longer build a monstrous 3,500 housing development on the ancient parish of Ifield with its 1.000-year history.

But, as someone pointed out during Ifield Society’s 15th anniversary walk last Sunday, if the Horsham and/or Crawley Plans are declared ‘unsound’ by the planning inspectors, ‘no longer’ can be deleted from the first sentence of this letter.

Richard Symonds The Ifield Society Ifield Street, Ifield Village Crawley