Environment Agency maps show housing site is a flooding risk.
Archive for May, 2009
For those struggling to find or download the documents here are the relevant docs in pdf format downloaded from the WBC planning site. Application Form Application Submission Location Plan Design & Access Statement Site Access Transport Statement Ecological Appraisal Tree Report These are as per the copies posted by WBC onto their public planning portal (21st May 2009). All rights acknowledged.
Westfield Common is registered as CL121 in the Common Land register (Commons Registration Act, 1965). A map showing the registered area is shown below: Development of Common Land is protected by statutory law, the most relevant laws are: Section 38 of the 2006 Act requires that consent be sought to carry out restricted works on land registered as common land under the Commons Registration Act 1965. Restricted works are any [ Read More ]
To assist with interpretation of the Tree Survey here is an image of the trees impacted by Route 12b based on the finding of the tree survey. Interpretation is as follows: Class A – Retention is a high priority. Class B – Retention is a moderate priority. Class C – Retention is a low priority. .mtli_attachment { display:inline-block; height:64px; background-position: top left; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding-left: 76.8px; }.mtli_pdf { [ Read More ]
Proposed road access to the housing development site revealed.
The high-level flood risk assessment submitted with the Outline Planning Proposal in 2006 states that The development will increase the amount of surface water from the site It is proposed that surface water will be collected in balancing ponds and discharged to existing ditches on the east of the site! Foul water for the site will be pushed through existing sewers. No review of the existing sewers capacity was carried [ Read More ]
The WBC website has posted a notice stating that Demolition Notices have been served on 3 & 5 Quartermaine Avenue. The notice has an end date of 30th September 2010. The link can be found here: Demolition Notice .mtli_attachment { display:inline-block; height:64px; background-position: top left; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding-left: 76.8px; }.mtli_pdf { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/pdf-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_doc { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/doc-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_docx { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/docx-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_xls { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/xls-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_xlsx { background-image: [ Read More ]
Woking Borough Council publishes a series of detailed maps that supports the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) for the River Wey catchment. They can be found here: Flooding Maps. The SFRA examines the causes, transmission mechanisms and effects of flooding as per the diagram below: I have downloaded and attached the specific maps for our area covering: Environment Agency Flood Map – AppendixB1_DRG04 Detailed Map of River Flooding – AppendixC_DRG04 [ Read More ]
Based on census / survey data some quick calculations to work out the number of children, cars, densisty etc. .mtli_attachment { display:inline-block; height:64px; background-position: top left; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding-left: 76.8px; }.mtli_pdf { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/pdf-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_doc { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/doc-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_docx { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/docx-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_xls { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/xls-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_xlsx { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/xlsx-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_csv { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/csv-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_zip { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/zip-icon-64×64.png); }.mtli_ppt { background-image: url(http://www.westfieldcommon.org/wp-content/plugins/mimetypes-link-icons/images/ppt-icon-64×64.png); }
Just some initial high-level comments on the 3rd party land ownership issues which has resulted in Moor Lane being discounted in the access planning application as an access route to the proposed new housing development. It seems that there are a number of different factors in play: Established “rights of way” across the Common to Moor Lane. Third party land of unclear ownership. Third party land in ownership of known [ Read More ]
