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.

West Sussex County Council has put two permanent speed limit changes in the Horsham district out for comment, and both close on Thursday 1 October 2026. One would drop 30 roads on the Wickhurst Green estate in Broadbridge Heath to 20mph. The other would extend the 40mph limit on the A283 at Storrington and Washington, in a scheme the council’s own papers describe as safety-led work following a fatal collision.

Neither has been decided. These are proposals, and the council is asking for objections and comments before it makes either order (Horsham live TRO consultations).

Broadbridge Heath: 20mph across the Wickhurst Green estate

The estate’s own parish council asked for this. The county council’s statement of reasons says Broadbridge Heath Parish Council applied on behalf of the local community for a 20mph limit on the Wickhurst Green roads, and sets out why officers support it:

  • recent traffic surveys indicate the existing road layout “is contributing to increased volumes of traffic driving through the estate and higher traffic speeds especially along Sargent Way”
  • the roads are primarily residential, including a playground environment
  • there are relatively high levels of on-street parking on the main routes

Because raised tables are already in place across the estate, the council proposes to make it a 20mph Zone backed by the existing traffic calming, with terminal signs at the entrances rather than repeater signs throughout. The stated purpose is to formalise the speed environment that is already there (HOR-8023-RC consultation documents).

The 30 roads in the draft order are Adams Close, Beale Close, Broadbridge Way, Brown Close, Buck Way, Carter Drive, Chantler Lane, Clybouw Avenue, Cook Way, Ellis Road, Farley Close, Harding Lane, Hares Hill Close, Harris Way, Heydon Way, Kilhams Close, Lane Close, Langridge Lane, Nye Close, Old Wickhurst Lane, Ottley Way, Palmer Avenue, Pelling Way, Sargent Way, Smith Road, Staples Close, Thompson Road, Wells Croft, White Close and Worsfield Road.

Twenty-eight of them would be 20mph along their entire length. Two are cut short in the schedule:

  • Broadbridge Way, from a point 45 metres west of the Wickhurst Lane roundabout westwards to a point 42 metres east of Low Weald Lane
  • Old Wickhurst Lane, from Wickhurst Lane to the A264

The order would also revoke part of the council’s 2019 Broadbridge Way and Billingshurst Road order, and take the listed roads out of “restricted road” status under section 82 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which is the technical route to setting a zone rather than a street-by-street limit.

The A264 Horsham bypass itself is not in the proposal.

A283 Storrington and Washington: one 40mph limit instead of several

The second proposal is shorter to describe and carries the heavier reason. The council wants to extend the 40mph limit on the A283 Storrington Road and Washington Road eastwards, from a point 15 metres south-east of the junction with Heather Way to a point 238 metres west of the A24.

Its statement of reasons gives three arguments:

  • there are currently several different speed limits over a relatively short distance between Heather Way and the A24
  • a single consistent limit “will encourage greater driver compliance”
  • the lower limit complements a proposed upgrade of the crossing point between Hampers Lane and John Ireland Way, whose design includes an island

Then the plain sentence: “This is a safety-led scheme following a fatal collision and aims to provide a safer environment for all road users.” The document gives no date for that collision and no other detail. We have not taken any from elsewhere.

The scheme would need new signs and road markings. The extension runs east to meet the existing 30mph limit at the Washington roundabout junction (HOR-8022-RC consultation documents).

Comparison of the two West Sussex speed limit proposals open until 1 October 2026: Broadbridge Heath Wickhurst Green estate, reference HOR8023, 20mph zone across 30 residential roads applied for by the parish council, backed by existing raised tables; and the A283 Storrington Road and Washington Road, reference HOR8022, extending the 40mph limit from Heather Way to 238 metres west of the A24, a safety-led scheme following a fatal collision with an upgraded crossing between Hampers Lane and John Ireland Way
Chart by Horsham Daily. Details from the county council's statements of reasons and draft orders.
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How to comment, and the deadline that is easy to get wrong

Both consultations close on 1 October 2026. Comments and objections go to the county council by one of three routes:

  • the response form on the council’s traffic regulation orders pages
  • email to tro.consultation@westsussex.gov.uk
  • post to the TRO Team, West Sussex County Council, The Grange, Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1RH

Quote TRO/HOR8023/RC for Broadbridge Heath and TRO/HOR8022/RC for the A283. The council says only correspondence including a full name and address will be considered.

There are no paper copies in council offices or libraries. Anyone without a computer can ring the contact centre on 01243 642105 and ask for the documents by post.

One thing to watch. The cover page of the Broadbridge Heath consultation pack gives the period as 10/8/26 to 1/10/26, a month earlier than the notice inside it, which is dated 10 September 2026, and than the council’s own web page, which says 10 September to 1 October. The closing date is 1 October on all three.

What happened to the last speed limit consultation here

Worth knowing before you spend twenty minutes on a response. The county council ran a similar consultation on permanent speed limits on the A29 and adjoining roads at Coldwaltham, Bury and Fittleworth, reference HOR-8015-RC. It closed on 20 August 2026.

A month later, the scheme has moved to the council’s closed consultations list but no decision has been published, and no made order had appeared on the Public Notice Portal when we checked on 20 September. Consultation closing is not the same as anything being settled, and the council does not publish a target date for deciding.

What it means for you

  • If you live on the Wickhurst Green estate, this is your chance to say whether 20mph matches how the roads already feel, or whether the signs will change nothing without further calming. The council’s case rests on traffic surveys it has not published, so asking for the survey figures is a reasonable response in itself.
  • If you drive the A283 between Storrington and Washington, the change would remove the step-down between limits on that stretch and set one 40mph run to the Washington roundabout. Note the crossing upgrade is described as proposed, not built.
  • Either way, quote the reference and include your full name and address, or the council will not count your response.
  • Nothing changes on the ground on 1 October. That is only the date comments close.

We track the district’s live road closures and travel disruption on the Horsham roadworks and travel page, and the district council’s planning decisions on the Horsham planning applications page.

Sources

Checked against the council’s own consultation documents on 20 September 2026.