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Archive for September, 2009

WCRA Objection letter – Access Application No. 2 (PLAN/2009/0764)

Posted by the WCRA Editor on September - 29 - 2009
WCRA final

Copy of objection letter attached.

WCRA Newsletter | 2 | Sep 2009

Posted by the WCRA Editor on September - 27 - 2009

Hot of the press and heading to your letter box! 1. View online (requires flash) Open publication – Free publishing 2. Download  

Surrey Radio Interview

Posted by the WCRA Editor on September - 26 - 2009
SurreyRadio

BBC Surrey Radio interview from Saturday 26th September 2009 featuring local resident Maurice Hibberd and Ray Morgan, Chief Executive of Woking Borough Council talking about the bidders day and the “Moor Lane” development. It makes interesting listening! All rights acknowledged.

Website Changes

Posted by the WCRA Editor on September - 22 - 2009

Finally got around to making some more of the website changes that I had planned. So here are the new features: Theme changes (hope its more legible now) Improved the top navigation to improved naming and drop downs. Added an event calendar so that you can now see key dates for the diaries (public events, meetings and non-public committee meetings). Embedded the “report an issues” form into the relevant page.  [ Read More ]

Deadline for Objections to Access Application No. 2

Posted by the WCRA Editor on September - 22 - 2009

Title: Deadline for Objections to Access Application No. 2 Location: Woking Borough Council Description: All objections must be submitted before the 30th September. Remember at least 10 objections must be submitted to obtain speakers rights at the planning committee. Date: 2009-09-30

Review of the bidder presentations – Disappointment

Posted by the WCRA Editor on September - 19 - 2009
Site layout by the Place Partnership

For those of you unaware there was a presentation by the two remaining bidders at Moorcroft on Saturday 19th September 2009. It was not widely advertised so you are forgiven if you missed it. I’m afraid to report that after viewing the presentations and talking at length with many of the attendees, the general reaction to the presentations by Evolution and the Place Partnership was one of general disappointment and  [ Read More ]

The new access application

Posted by the WCRA Editor on September - 16 - 2009
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A 2nd planning application for the “Moor Lane” site has been submitted by WBC.  The reference number for the application is PLAN/2009/0764. For those of you who struggle to access the WBC Planning Portal (and I know there are many) the relevant documents are attached below: Application Tree Survey Ecological Appraisal Revised Transport Assessment Revised Design & Access Statement All rights acknowledged.

Illustrative Site Layout (2009/0764)

Posted by the WCRA Editor on September - 16 - 2009
IllustrativeLayout2009-0764

Well the forces of propaganda are out in force again. Witness something called an illustrative site layout included in the package of documents delivered to support access application (2009/0764). At first glance this is nothing less than a revolutionary compared to the previous site maps we have been shown, in particular: A central fountain / pond has appeared An eastern lake (with boating?) has appeared Wooded outdoors area have appeared  [ Read More ]

WBC Event – Bidder Presentation Day – 19th Sep 2009

Posted by westfieldcommon on September - 9 - 2009
Evolution

Message from WBC: The Public Workshop will be open from 11am – 4pm on Saturday 19th September at the Moorcroft Centre for the Community. http://www.woking.gov.uk/community/older/centresforthecommunity/moorcroft Kind regards Priority Homes Team Woking Borough Council www.woking.gov.uk/priorityhomes 01483 743891 .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  [ Read More ]

Citizens Panel

Posted by westfieldcommon on September - 9 - 2009
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WBC are looking for more volunteers for their Citizens Panel – see details below: We are also updating the Citizen’s panel to ensure it is representative of the borough. We are particularly looking for younger people (aged between 16 and 25) and particularly residents from the following areas. -          Hermitage and Knaphill South -          Horsell East and Woodham -          Kingfield and Westfield -          Maybury and Sheerwater -          Mayford and Sutton  [ Read More ]

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