West Sussex County Council's (WSCC) Highways Team has undertaken a review of the traffic movements in Broadbridge Heath Neighbourhood Centre Car Park, Bus Gate and Sargent Way. It has shared information with the Planning Authority (Horsham District Council) and the Parish Council (Broadbridge Heath Parish Council). The traffic survey summary for 2023 and 2024 is available on the right hand side widget on this page - Supporting documents.
The review of this data has confirmed previous surveys that there is an inappropriate level of traffic movements through the Neighbourhood Centre Car Park, and also 'through' traffic vehicle movement using Sargent Way.
The Highway Authority, working in co-operation with the landowner of the Car Park, has recently received permission to allow alterations to the car park layout to form a permanent barrier to prevent the the through movement of traffic, the plan for this barrier is shown below:
Sargent Way road closure with emergency access gate. The image above shows two options - East or West for closure along with permanent bollard segregation of the Broadbridge Heath Neighbourhood Centre Car Park.
WSCC will also be re-establishing the Bus Gate Camera Enforcement. There is a concern from residents, that the combination of the above two changes may give rise to an increase in Traffic on Sargent Way and the Highway Authority has been requested, by the Parish Council and local residents, to address this routing issue with a potential permanent road closure. In addition, other issues raised related to Sargent Way included (but were not limited to), continued HGV routing issues with damage to verges and signs and vehicle speeding.
It is not part of this consultation to examine further HGV interventions and speeding issues, as surveys have shown that resident perception is not reflected in actual measurement. However, not withstanding this, it is the view of the County Council that a permanent closure would undoubtedly help address these issues as a consequence of removing the through movement around Sargent Way.
How to respond
We welcome your views via our online questionnaire (below) or by using paper copy of the survey.
Your views will inform a decision about how this scheme is progressed.
You can collect and submit completed paper copies of the survey in an envelope to:
Broadbridge Heath Parish Council,
Parish Office, Sargent Way,
Broadbridge Heath,
RH12 3TS
The survey will be live from 22 September 2025 midday for 5 weeks until 11:55pm Sunday 26 October 2025. There has been a typo error with email information in our letter drop. You can now use both emails to contact us:
Alternate formats and accessibility
If you require any of this information in an alternative format, then please contact us by phone 01243 642105 or via email at sargentwayconsultation@westsussex.gov.uk (external link) and we will assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have BTs Relay UK app (previously called the NGT texting app) installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on 18001 01243 642105.
Please note, you can use the Google Translate function to access this project in a range of different languages. The Google Translate widget can be found at the top left-hand side of the project page, where it sits just above the black West Sussex County Council ribbon.
For more information about the accessibility of this website, please see our Accessibility tab (opens in new window) at the foot of the page.
Survey web browser compatibility
Please use one of the browsers below when completing the survey to ensure it looks and works as it should. These are:
· Microsoft Edge version 86 and above
· Chrome version 86 and above
· Firefox version 78 and above
· Safari version 14 and above
West Sussex County Council's (WSCC) Highways Team has undertaken a review of the traffic movements in Broadbridge Heath Neighbourhood Centre Car Park, Bus Gate and Sargent Way. It has shared information with the Planning Authority (Horsham District Council) and the Parish Council (Broadbridge Heath Parish Council). The traffic survey summary for 2023 and 2024 is available on the right hand side widget on this page - Supporting documents.
The review of this data has confirmed previous surveys that there is an inappropriate level of traffic movements through the Neighbourhood Centre Car Park, and also 'through' traffic vehicle movement using Sargent Way.
The Highway Authority, working in co-operation with the landowner of the Car Park, has recently received permission to allow alterations to the car park layout to form a permanent barrier to prevent the the through movement of traffic, the plan for this barrier is shown below:
Sargent Way road closure with emergency access gate. The image above shows two options - East or West for closure along with permanent bollard segregation of the Broadbridge Heath Neighbourhood Centre Car Park.
WSCC will also be re-establishing the Bus Gate Camera Enforcement. There is a concern from residents, that the combination of the above two changes may give rise to an increase in Traffic on Sargent Way and the Highway Authority has been requested, by the Parish Council and local residents, to address this routing issue with a potential permanent road closure. In addition, other issues raised related to Sargent Way included (but were not limited to), continued HGV routing issues with damage to verges and signs and vehicle speeding.
It is not part of this consultation to examine further HGV interventions and speeding issues, as surveys have shown that resident perception is not reflected in actual measurement. However, not withstanding this, it is the view of the County Council that a permanent closure would undoubtedly help address these issues as a consequence of removing the through movement around Sargent Way.
How to respond
We welcome your views via our online questionnaire (below) or by using paper copy of the survey.
Your views will inform a decision about how this scheme is progressed.
You can collect and submit completed paper copies of the survey in an envelope to:
Broadbridge Heath Parish Council,
Parish Office, Sargent Way,
Broadbridge Heath,
RH12 3TS
The survey will be live from 22 September 2025 midday for 5 weeks until 11:55pm Sunday 26 October 2025. There has been a typo error with email information in our letter drop. You can now use both emails to contact us:
Alternate formats and accessibility
If you require any of this information in an alternative format, then please contact us by phone 01243 642105 or via email at sargentwayconsultation@westsussex.gov.uk (external link) and we will assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have BTs Relay UK app (previously called the NGT texting app) installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on 18001 01243 642105.
Please note, you can use the Google Translate function to access this project in a range of different languages. The Google Translate widget can be found at the top left-hand side of the project page, where it sits just above the black West Sussex County Council ribbon.
For more information about the accessibility of this website, please see our Accessibility tab (opens in new window) at the foot of the page.
Survey web browser compatibility
Please use one of the browsers below when completing the survey to ensure it looks and works as it should. These are:
· Microsoft Edge version 86 and above
· Chrome version 86 and above
· Firefox version 78 and above
· Safari version 14 and above
