30 August 2014 Friends of the Earth have been concerned over the application by Berkeley’s Strategic to build 425 homes on an area prone to flooding in the centre of Cranleigh. (WA/2014/0912) Our concern is so strong that we commissioned an independent flood consultant Wallingford Hydro Solutions to examine the developer’s own Flood Risk Assessment
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1 October 2013 There is renewed interest and discussion in the 2008 planning application so here is the award winning Eco-settlement masterplan. The same week in 2009 that the appeal was turned down by John Denham, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, this design won Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects the Francis Tibbalds Prize at the
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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:
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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