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Worth is a civil parish in Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It includes the villages of Copthorne and Crawley Down.

History
Worth was once one of the largest rural parishes in Sussex. However, the modern civil parish of Worth covers little more than a third of the original parish. A part of the parish was incorporated into the Borough of Crawley, including the original village of Worth; and part into the civil parish of Turners Hill, including Worth Abbey.

Civil Parish
Worth Parish Council has two wards, Copthorne ward (returning eight councillors) and Crawley Down ward (returning nine councillors); a total of 17 councillors. Council meetings are held on Monday evenings at the Parish Hub in Copthorne.

The Localism Act 2011 gives town or parish councils the ability to produce their own neighbourhood plan. The plans informs development decisions, and helps influence the type, quality and location of that development.

Worth civil parish is split into two neighbourhood planning areas, one covering Copthorne ward and one covering Crawley Down ward.

The neighbourhood plan for Copthorne was put out to consultation in 2017. In seeking to update the plan in response to the comments received it became apparent that considerable changes were required to the plan before it could proceed, and additional evidence was required to support the proposed policies. A revised plan is currently (March 2020) being developed by a steering group consisting of local volunteers, on behalf of Worth Parish Council.

The Crawley Down Neighbourhood Plan was made in January 2016.

Non-metropolitan district
Copthorne ward of Worth civil parish is in Copthorne and Worth Ward of the non-metropolitan district of Mid Sussex; the ward returns one councillor to Mid Sussex District Council.

Crawley Down ward of Worth civil parish is in Crawley Down and Turners Hill Ward of the non-metropolitan district of Mid Sussex; the ward returns three councillors to Mid Sussex District Council.

The responsibilities of district councils include local planning, housing, local highways, building, environmental health, and refuse collection.

Non-metropolitan county
Copthorne ward of Worth civil parish is in the Worth Forest electoral division of the non-metropolitan county of West Sussex. Crawley Down ward of Worth civil parish is in the Imberdown electoral division of the non-metropolitan county of West Sussex. Each division returns one councillor to West Sussex County Council. The functions of county councils include education, transport, strategic planning, fire services, consumer protection, refuse disposal, social services and libraries.

Westminster Constituency
Worth civil parish is in the Horsham constituency.

Listed Buildings
Worth civil parish contains 35 listed buildings. Of these, none are Grade I, three are Grade II* and the remaining 32 buildings are Grade II.

The Grade II* buildings are:
 * Crabbet Park (List Entry Number 1025535), a large mansion rebuilt in 1873 in neo-Queen Anne style. It was designed by Lady Anne Blunt, the granddaughter of Byron, and her husband, Wilfred Scawen Blunt, the post, politician, traveller and breeder of Arab horses. The house was converted into flats about 1960; by 1985 it was restored and converted into offices.
 * The Tennis Court and Orangery at Crabbet Park (List Entry Number 1025536), built around 1900. Restored and converted into offices in 1988.
 * Rowfant House (List Entry Number 1354912), a mixture of 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th century architecture. The main house was most recently used as a wedding and function venue.  It was sold by auction in February 2020.

Scheduled monuments
The parish contains one scheduled monument:


 * Warren furnace (List Entry Number 1005815), the site of a blast furnace, in operation between the mid 16th century and the mid 17th century, and again in the third quarter of the 18th century. The description in the National Heritage List states 'This record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not reviewed under the Monuments Protection Programme and are some of our oldest designation records. As such they do not yet have the full descriptions of their modernised counterparts available'.