Delivering change in Horley town centre

3. Public engagement

June 2025: Officers from the Borough and County council’s will be attending Horley Carnival to talk to residents and stakeholders about the town centre programme.

April 2025: Officers attended the St George’s Day event to talk to residents and visitors about the proposals including the public realm improvements and to share designs for town centre wayfinding and signage.

May 2023: Following  public engagement in February 2023 on the High Street improvements, the Council worked with artists to develop three mural themes for the subway, and invited residents, businesses, and stakeholders to share their feedback on each one. Horley subway art information boards (link to download the boards as a PDF)

February 2023: We shared updated designs for the High Street and subway, shaped by earlier feedback from the previous two rounds of engagement, and revealed plans for Central Car Park for the first time.

Autumn 2022: We shared details of how the plans for the Highstreet and subway were progressing, shaped by initial feedback in the first consultation. The initial designs were on show at Horley Library from mid-August to mid-September 2022.

Spring 2022: We published the report on the first stage of engagement that took place in early 2022 that received almost 400 responses.

Following the survey, we updated traffic and parking surveys, assessed how proposals would affect existing junctions and neighbouring streets, spoke to key stakeholders like Horley Town Council and Horley Town Management Group, and worked with Surrey County Council to review the findings of the Reimagining Horley visioning work to ensure that the outcomes and priorities are integrated with our proposals.

February 2022: Initial ideas were displayed online and at Horley Library, with ‘meet the team’ events. The consultation ran from 21 February to 14 March 2022.

Other engagement – Re-imagining Horley

2021: Thinking Place were engaged by Surrey County Council in collaboration with the Borough and Town councils to develop a community-led vision for Horley that reflects the aspirations of the local community and builds on the 2015 Horley Town Management Group vision for Horley town centre