Kathy Smyth from GWWFoE was asked to discuss the planning implications of the recent Government Inspectors hearing and report into issues with Waverley Borough Council’s Core Strategy. A transcript of Kathy and Bryn Morgan’s (Waverley Borough Council Planning Portfolio holder) comments can be found here: BBC Radio Surrey transcript. You can listen to the interview below:
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Eashing Farm – proposal for 7MW solar farm on agricultural land close to Milford
19 May 2013 Thanks to local group member Patrick Haveron for alerting us to this proposal for a massive solar farm at Eashing. The so called ‘consultation’ was probably the poorest consultation for a major planning application that I have attended in recent years. The publicity was appalling (it was only thanks to twitter that Patrick
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Waverley Local Plan runs into trouble with Government Inspector
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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Upper Tuesley development – a benchmark for unsustainable development
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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Supermarkets. How much do they really care about the impact of their products on bees – here’s what they told us……
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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Guildford and Waverley Friends of the Earth voted Group of the Year 2012!
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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