Duty to cooperate

National Planning Policy requires councils to demonstrate they have met the duty to cooperate through signed statements of common ground.

Northern West Sussex housing market area statement of common ground - housing, February 2026 (PDF, 537.14 KB)

Ashdown Forest Statement of Common Ground, 2025 (PDF, 1.02 MB)

Crawley Borough Council and Mid Sussex District Council statement of common ground, September 2024 (PDF, 2.03 MB)

Northern West Sussex statement of common ground, July 2024 (PDF, 1.57 MB)

Northern West Sussex housing needs statement of common ground, July 2024 (PDF, 1.67 MB)

Crawley Borough Council and Horsham District Council statement of common ground, July 2024 (PDF, 902.56 KB)

CBC/SoCG/15b DfT Circular 1-2022 consistency checklist (PDF, 225.13 KB)

PS.EGSM.GA.20 draft Crawley Borough Council and Gatwick Airport Limited Statement of Common Ground (PDF, 1.05 MB)

Northern West Sussex statement of common ground July 2023 (PDF, 518.55 KB)

Northern West Sussex housing needs statement of common ground July 2023 (PDF, 563.7 KB)

Water neutrality statement of common ground July 2023 (PDF, 1.07 MB)

West Sussex statement of common ground (PDF, 1.54 MB)

Ashdown Forest statement of common ground (PDF, 1.43 MB)

Crawley Borough Council and Mid Sussex District Council statement of common ground July 2023 (PDF, 1.36 MB)

Crawley Borough Council and Horsham District Council statement of common ground July 2023 (PDF, 385.13 KB)

Northern West Sussex Statement of Common Ground May 2020 (PDF, 518.85 KB)

Crawley Borough Council and Mole Valley District Council Statement of Common Ground (January 2021) (PDF, 2.06 MB)

Crawley Borough Council and Reigate and Banstead Borough Council Statement of Common Ground (February 2021) (PDF, 2.11 MB)

Worthing Borough Council and Crawley Borough Council Statement of Common Ground (May 2021) (PDF, 943.46 KB)

Crawley Borough Council and Tandridge District Council statement of common ground (PDF, 613.16 KB)

Arun District Council and Crawley Borough Council Statement of Common Ground July 2021 (PDF, 868.49 KB)

Adur District Council Crawley Borough Council Worthing Borough Council Statement of Common Ground May 2023 (PDF, 1.89 MB)

Crawley Borough Council and National Highways statement of common ground (PDF, 1.03 MB)

Crawley Borough Council and West Sussex County Council statement of common ground (PDF, 1.07 MB)

Crawley Borough Council and Gatwick Green Limited Statement of Common Ground (PDF, 436.07 KB)

Crawley Borough Council and National Highways Statement of Common Ground, December 2023 (PDF, 1.03 MB)

Crawley Borough Council and West Sussex County Council Statement of Common Ground, December 2023 (PDF, 1.07 MB)

Crawley Borough Council and Gatwick Green Limited Statement of Common Ground update January 2024 (PDF, 444.88 KB)

Northern West Sussex Position Statement (PDF, 117.54 KB)

Horsham District Council and Coast to Capital LEP Authorities Report (PDF, 1.39 MB)

RBBC and CBC Statement of Common Ground - Strategic Housing (PDF, 141.25 KB)

RBBC and CBC Statement of Common Ground - Duty to Cooperate (PDF, 263.42 KB)

Brighton and Hove City Council: Provision of Housing- A Statement of Common Ground (PDF, 105.93 KB)

Lewes Duty to Cooperate: Cross Boundary Working and Meeting Housing Needs (PDF, 992.35 KB)

Gatwick Airport Memorandum of Understanding (PDF, 1.07 MB)

Statement of Common Ground between Crawley Borough Council and Reigate and Banstead Borough Council (PDF, 374.39 KB)

Northern West Sussex Position Statement Update (PDF, 367.31 KB)

Updated North West Sussex Authorities Position Statement (March 2015) (PDF, 369.99 KB)