Stocklund Square is privately owned – a planning application is in

Planning Application number is WA/2024/00769 – On Waverley Borough Council’s website, Planning.

Stocklund Square is privately owned and managed, and the company is interested in gaining planning permission to install new glass space, maybe for seating and a cafe, plus toilets.

In principle Cranleigh Society can’t see any valid planning reasons to object as the current arrangement is certainly both jaded and lacking in character.

The design for the new buildings seems to be in keeping with the area and acknowledges the original station buildings which were there previously.

The concept allows views through the new buildings so that the existing shop premises are not hidden from view.

An improved pedestrian area with planting and new seating would create a more welcoming space rather than be just a pedestrian route between the car park and Sainsburys. The proposed canopy over the existing shops is also an improvement.

The proposals do not appear to conflict with the general upgrading of the High Street currently being discussed.

In the developer’s statement they say that the Chamber of Commerce and the Council have been consulted  but they do not mention the existing shop tenants.

Please do tell Cranleigh Society your views and also go onto Waverley’s site to make your feelings known.

 

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Susan Tilling
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Susan Tilling
7 months ago

What about the awful pick up parcel machine outside Sainsbury’s it’s a conservation area and it’s been dumped there with no thought or care ! If this is the attitude how will we trust this new development or design being put forward ,

Mike W
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Mike W
7 months ago
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Agree with Susan. Why can Sainsbury’s put it inside their store as the Co-op has done ?

Andrew Pearce
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Andrew Pearce
7 months ago

Awful idea, I have already commented and objected on the Waverley Borough Council’s Planning site. Not in keeping at all. It needs to be kept as an open air space (and properly maintained) by the owners.

Tom Wanless
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Tom Wanless
7 months ago

Definitely in favour of Stocklund Sq works – I’d be in favour of almost anything on that site, as it is not the community space it should be at present.

Meredith Hopkins
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Meredith Hopkins
7 months ago

Awful idea – not in keeping with the character of Cranleigh – just a glass box! Have already registered my objections. No problem with redevopment of the square, but this design is not the way to go.

Hilary Smith Tesfaye
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Hilary Smith Tesfaye
7 months ago

Is the glass canopy going to be cantilevered with daggerboards to be in keeping with the former station?

Is there going be a traditional-looking bus shelter?

I would probably be in favour if this were the case.

geoffrey trigg
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geoffrey trigg
7 months ago

Please no more eating areas

Bee
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Bee
3 months ago

I wish they would stop making our village into an eyesore and give us back a fountain. We had one here when I was a kid. Anyone who grew up here in the 90s and 2000s remembers it fondly. An updated water feature and plenty of seating would make a world of difference. We do not need yet another café. There’s even a Costa directly behind where they want to build the thing.