Berkeleys has applied for WA/2016/2160 Phase 1 development of the site providing no affordable housing and with no timeline for the delivery of the remainder of the site. Despite the Inspector stating clearly at Appeal that Berkeley Homes was not…
Cranleigh Civic Society’s Chair Liz Townsend attended a meeting with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Andrea Leadsom MP, together with Anne Milton MP, and the Environment Agency’s Executive Director of Environment and Business, Harvey Bradshaw on…
The Amlets Lane application by Cala Homes for 125 dwellings got the final vote of approval at Waverley Borough Council last night by 12 votes to 9. Cranleigh’s Waverley Councillors all voted against the application, however this last minute push…
UPDATE: 3 November 2016 Reply received today from Waverley Borough Council re planning enforcement visit, advising that there was no breach of planning after all. However, concerns have been raised about the presence of “two large mechanical excavators which were…
We first wrote about the sewage in the brook saga on 2 June 2015. Can you believe it, nearly 17 months later and the problem is still not resolved. In the intervening months Cranleigh Civic Society has sent countless emails and made several calls…
Thames Water have objected to the Thakeham Homes site for 58 dwellings off Elmbridge Road on the grounds of odour emanating from Cranleigh’s Sewage Treatment Works (STW). In a document published against the application Thames Water state that: “Cranleigh STW is located close…
Another application for planning permission for a further 58 dwellings by Thakeham Homes on a green field site off the Elmbridge Road, that regularly floods, and is one of the last pieces of Cranleigh’s rapidly diminishing Flood Plain. Please add your…
UPDATE 17 October 2016: Set response from Waverley Leader to multiple residents’ complaints. Dear xx Thank you for taking the time to share your concerns with me. I have now had the opportunity to speak with our Monitoring Officer about…
The Cranleigh Civic Society has been very busy compiling its response to Waverley’s Local Plan Part One. Yesterday (3 October 17:00) was the deadline for all comments. We delivered our forms first thing in the morning and got a receipt for 42…
Following receipt of the Cranleigh Civic Society’s Odour Assessment Survey, Surrey County Council Planning Enforcement Team are now investigating whether Thames Water should have applied for planning permission, and carried out a full odour impact assessment, prior to expansion at Cranleigh’s Sewage Treatment Works.…
