Poster Campaign – SAY NO!

Poster Campaign – SAY NO!

Print off this poster and display it prominently in your window or front garden.

Waverley Borough Council needs to know that Cranleigh is saying NO to building on Greenfields that Flood.

This not only puts new residents at risk but also existing residents from water runoff from all these new houses.

Click on the image below and print off.

Cranleigh say No to Building on greenfields that flood

BERKELEY HOMES APPLICATION DEFERRED!

Last night in a what can only be described as an eleventh hour turnaround, Waverley Borough Council issued this statement:

“Planning officers have received this afternoon, very belatedly in the consultation process, a response from the Flood and Water Services Manager in the County Council’s Highways Team. This expresses concerns regarding surface water flooding issues in relation to the access from the site onto Alfold Road. It indicates the need for further information and clarification in order to overcome these concerns.

In the circumstances officers recommend that the application is deferred tonight to enable the receipt of this further information and clarification from the applicants on these matters. An updated report will be brought back to the Joint Planning Committee in due course when those matters have hopefully been resolved.”

Waverley Planner Barry Lomax indicated that the application would come back in front of the Joint Planning Committee at the beginning of December.

So WATCH THIS SPACE!!

ANNE MILTON LENDS SUPPORT TO CRANLEIGH’S CIVIC SOCIETY

ANNE MILTON LENDS SUPPORT TO CRANLEIGH’S CIVIC SOCIETY

Cranleigh in Crisis as Developers Swoop in on Green Fields

Prior to Waverley Borough Councillors Planning meeting on Tuesday 28th October to vote on whether or not to approve the 425 houses by Berkeley Homes on Green Fields to the South of Cranleigh High Street.

Angry Cranleigh villagers paraded up and down their High Street on Saturday before meeting Anne Milton, MP.

Cranleigh Residents Angry about Building on Green Fields

Cranleigh Residents say NO to Dumping Houses on Green Fields

Addressing a meeting of over 140 villagers, Anne Milton discussed a number of concerns raised by villagers about the 425 dwelling Green Field planning application submitted by Berkeley Group Holdings PLC WA/2014/0912 to Waverley.

Villagers complained that the many valid concerns they have raised about a lack of infrastructure, jobs, flooding and other issues are simply being ignored by Waverley Borough Council. Many villagers stated that Waverley simply had not replied to their letters or emails.

Richard Bryant, an insurance broker working in Cranleigh outlined the possible very serious flood insurance implications for people buying one of the proposed new Berkeley Homes’ houses in Cranleigh.

He explained that the owners of houses built before 1 January 2009 and at the highest risk of flooding, will be helped to obtain flood cover under a special arrangement set up by the Association of British Insurers and the Government (Flood Re).

However this arrangement does not apply to houses built after 1 January 2009. New home buyers could face the prospect of not being able to obtain flood cover or have to pay a high premium and a high excess.

Mr Bryant went on to say that he doubted if this will be mentioned in the Berkeley Homes sales brochures. “There will be no warning given to prospective house buyers of the potential for flooding. Even if a house escapes flooding by a few inches, but neighbouring houses are under water, the owner of that undamaged house may well have problems at their next renewal date”.

Flood Re state “New housing development should be located to avoid flood risk, or where development in a flood risk area is necessary, it should be designed to be safe, appropriately resilient to flooding and not increase flood risk elsewhere, in line with national planning policies in place. For this reason, properties built after 1 January 2009 will be excluded“.

Anne Milton offers support to Liz Townsend Leader of Cranleigh's Civic Society

Anne Milton Offers Support to Cranleigh’s Civic Society

Liz Townsend, Leader of Cranleigh Civic Society said “The Cranleigh community has spoken clearly. We do not want housing dumped on our green fields that flood whilst viable brown field sites exist within Cranleigh and the borough. We will not bear the brunt of Waverley’s failed Core Strategy. People who live in Cranleigh and new residents deserve a better future with a vibrant mixed community that contributes to our village life and not a dormitory town.”

Adrian Clarke, long-term resident and a Chartered Builder said “Since the 1920’s Garden Cities were built, we’ve learnt that houses, job creation and infrastructure all need to be put in place concurrently, which means thinking them all through at the beginning. Waverley has not done that; they have only considered house numbers to meet overall Government targets. Canary Wharf in London is a good example of a current scheme where everything came together into a well-thought-out contemporaneous mix.”

Anne Milton confirmed that she would present the views of Cranleigh residents to Waverley Borough Councillors preparing for Tuesday’s planning meeting on the Berkeley Homes green field site. The MP echoed residents’ concerns that any decision be deferred until such time as major concerns, including available brown field sites, surface water flooding, inadequate infrastructure, and excessive traffic levels were answered and addressed.

WAVERLEY JOINT PLANNING COMMITTEE CONTACTS

WAVERLEY JOINT PLANNING COMMITTEE CONTACTS

Always include your FULL postal address in any correspondence.

peter.isherwood@waverley.gov.uk (Chairman)

maurice.byham@waverley.gov.uk  (Vice Chairman)

brian.adams@waverley.gov.uk

mike.band@waverley.gov.uk

carole.cockburn@waverley.gov.uk

kevin.deanus@waverley.gov.uk

david.else@waverley.gov.uk

mary.foryszewski@waverley.gov.uk

pat.frost@waverley.gov.uk

john.gray@waverley.gov.uk

christiaan.hesse@waverley.gov.uk

Stephen.hill@waverley.gov.uk

jerry.hyman@waverley.gov.uk

nicholas.holder@waverley.gov.uk

david.hunter@waverley.gov.uk

anna.james@waverley.gov.uk

andy.macleod@waverley.gov.uk

stephen.mulliner@waverley.gov.uk

stewart.stennett@waverley.gov.uk

Jeanette Stennett  jeanette@stennetts.com

christopher.storey@waverley.gov.uk

nick.williams@waverley.gov.uk

john.williamson@waverley.gov.uk

You can check Councillors details here:  https://modgov.waverley.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx

WAVERLEY JOINT PLANNING COMMITTEE CONTACTS

ANNE MILTON MP COMING TO CRANLEIGH!

Anne Milton is coming to Cranleigh on 24 October 2014 from 11am to 1pm in the Band Room, Village Way, Cranleigh, to listen to residents concern about the deluge of planning applications we currently face.

IF YOU ARE COMING PLEASE PRINT OFF ONE OF THESE: CRANLEIGH IN CRISIS POSTER

Cranleigh already has, in the past 5 years, accommodated 85 new homes with an additional 67 homes with planning permissions in the process of being built or about to be built, that’s a TOTAL of 152 dwellings.

Outline planning permission has been granted for an additional 125 dwellings on Amlets Lane’s green fields.

That’s a TOTAL of 277

We are now faced with two further applications on our green fields amounting to an additional 574 dwellings:
425 dwellings Knowle Lane (Berkeley Homes WA/2014/0912) pending – goes to Joint Planning Committee on 28 Oct 2014.
149 dwellings Horsham Road (Crest Nicholson WA/2014/1754) application pending – Get your objections in if you don’t want more houses here.

That’s a TOTAL of 851

Screening opinions have been submitted for:
265 dwellings West Cranleigh Nurseries SO/2014/0017 & SO/2014/0018
75 dwellings Alfold Road (SO/2014/0019)
145 dwellings Hewitts Industrial Estate (SO/2014/0007)
19 dwellings Cranleigh Brickworks (WA/2013/1947)

That’s a GRAND TOTAL of 1,355 so far!