Waverley Borough Council is preparing its plan to guide
where new homes and other forms of development should go. They are required by
the South East Plan to provide for at least 5,000 new homes in Waverley in the period
from 2006 to 2026.
The Council has stated that they would like the help of
the residents in meeting the challenge of deciding where these new homes should
go.
Information on this consultation is available by clicking
on the following link to the Council’s website -
Unacceptable extra traffic would use the narrow country
lanes and the A281 (critically worsening the Bramley bottleneck) and A283,
which will affect all routes and rat runs to the A3 at Milford and the roads to
the south of Dunsfold Park. The only planned road improvement is to construct a
new access from Dunsfold Park to the adjoining A281.
Suitable sites for meeting Waverley's planned quota of
additional homes over the next ten years (250 a year) have already been
identified by the Borough Council. There is simply no local housing need for a
new town.
Affordable housing - isn't it better to put this in the
towns and villages where it is required rather than putting it all into one
place?
The application could be the thin end of the wedge leading
ultimately to urban sprawl between Dunsfold Park and Cranleigh.
We are not alone in opposing the scheme. All the experienced
planners and local politicians who have considered the housing strategy for
Waverley have opposed the development of major housing at Dunsfold Park –
Surrey County Council, Waverley Borough Council, South East England Regional
Assembly and most recently the panel of Government planning inspectors who have
reviewed the draft South East Plan.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 February 2009 )
SEERA defends South East strategy
Friday, 11 May 2007
A new settlement at Dunsfold Park is "not a runner" and “is simply in the middle of nowhere” says the South East England Regional Assembly's (SEERA) Planning Strategy Director.
The public examinations of the draft regional and local planning policies
Thursday, 10 May 2007
The campaign has appointed consultant Chartered Town Planners, The D & M Planning Partnership of Godalming, to advise on planning issues. Colin Meade of D & M will be representing us at the public examinations of the draft South East Plan and the draft of Waverley's Core Strategy. These are vital stages for the campaign. It is important that the present drafts, which cover the regional and local policies for the quantity and location of new housing, are not amended in a way that favours the development of a new settlement in Waverley.
Last Updated ( Monday, 19 May 2008 )
The draft South East Plan
Wednesday, 14 March 2007
The public hearings on the draft South East Plan have started. The hearing which affects Dunsfold Park will be on 28 March at Reading.
Dunsfold Park Ltd's representations on the policies in the draft plan include the following -
* There should be guidance on large brownfield sites in rural areas * The housing provisions are too low * Special need for affordable housing in rural areas is not recognised * Policy should include provision for the numbers [housing] to be reviewed if a major brownfield site emerges in rural area
The campaign will be strenuously opposing these representations in so far as they support a new town at Dunsfold Park.
"After many months of a hose-pipe ban in the South East, it would seem that some serious thought is at last being given to the long-term impact of increased housing development in the Region. The following headline appeared in Metro (www.metro.co.uk) on 17 October 2006:
