19 March 2012 Oh dear! We always thought that the emerging local planning policy for Waverley, the Core Strategy, was going to struggle to get through its examination by a government appointed planning inspector but it looks like it could be even worse than we expected. It has just emerged that Waverley has been in
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8 February 2013 If you want an example of why brownfield first as a planning policy doesn’t always work, look no further than the proposed development for 104 new houses on the redundant land surrounding the (still open) Milford Hospital just south of Godalming. 40% of this housing is to be affordable housing. The hospital was
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4 January 2013 With DEFRA still sitting on the fence while it waits for the results of further research on the impacts of neonicotinoids on both bumble bees and honey bees, we thought we would see if any of the major supermarkets are taking an interest in the subject and are doing anything to address
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16 September 2012 Delighted to be voted Group of the Year at the Friends of the Earth Local Group Conference 2012 by other local group activists. Also very surprised, which may account for Hilary’s expression when receiving the prize from Clive Anderson. Here are the slides from our winning presentation . Just use the arrows
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So much for public consutation……… In February 2012 Waverley published a draft planning brief for the site it calls Upper Tuesley and asked for public comments. There were a number of problems with this draft the most glaring of which was how anybody had managed to justify this isolated site which is remote from any facilities as
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30 May 2012 Guildford & Waverley Friends of the Earth have been instrumental in encouraging the installation of increased solar power throughout the area. In the last year (since June 2011) solar power has seen rapid expansion:- a 2MW solar park at Dunsfold Park which we supported at the planning application the installation of significant arrays
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