Horsham Forum - The Horsham and Southwater Commmunity Forum

Holbrook NAG (Neighbourhood Action Group) www.holbrooknag.co.uk has been formed to provide a focal point for the neighbours of the Holbrook Club site to express their practical concerns and opinions, positive or negative, regarding proposals as they develop for the site by Horsham Football Club.

Our prime objective is to safeguard the interests of local residents and businesses by assembling relevant and practical views and information that can be used to practically influence the planning process.

To express your interest in the campaign please email your contact details to HolbrookNAG@hotmail.com

Alternatively you can add your views to this public site by first registering (for security) as a forum member.

Holbrook Neighbour

Edit: e mail address made clickable - M

If that is the case why are you using scare tactics by misleading/lying to local residents?

I refer to the leaflets that were shoved through my letter-box on Friday evening - they left me absolutely fuming. Where is it written that Horsham Football Club will be holding pop and rock concerts for example? This has never happened in the club's 127 year history in the town and they would have a bit more consideration than that to start holding them at Holbrook if the application were to go through.

There are many more defamatory remarks, but because I have forwarded this propaganda to the secretary of HFC I am unable to make further comment on your false accusations until I can obtain another copy.

Your views are hardly "relevant and practical", and being a loyal supporter of the Hornets I find some of your slanderous comments personally upsetting. (If this was America I would be suing you for defamation of character.)

I was born in Horsham and have lived here all my life - the last 17 years as a resident of Holbrook. I am very much part of the Hornets and now I'm going to see yellow leaflets saying "Buzz Off". Well thank you very much for making me feel unaccepted in my own neighbourhood.

One of the problems with the planning application is that there is very little information in it about what the football club will be doing or what it wont be doing.  The fact is that unless it says it wont have concerts in the ground than it could - other clubs do so, why not Horsham?

All the leaflet is doing is opening people's eyes to the possibility.  Concerts, and other events, at football grounds is modern way of generating much needed income.  Other clubs do it.  Why not Horsham?  If you can get the club to undertake not to have concerts, or other non-football events, at the ground then that's one concern out of the way.  

In the meantime just have a long quiet look at the leaflet and ask yourself:  Could it happen?  If you live close enough to be affected then you should be as concerned - then ask Horsham FC to state, clearly and unambiguously what precisely it would be doing at the ground (usage, frequency and timings) and give assurances about what it wont do.