Environment Agency maps show housing site is a flooding risk.
Archive for the ‘Housing Development’ Category
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 ]
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
Based on census / survey data some quick calculations to work out the number of children, cars, densisty etc.
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 ]
The planning application for access to the site has been submitted and approved. All households should be receiving notification.he Planning Application for Access has been submitted and processed. The application ref is PLAN/2009/0434 Proposal: Formation of three vehicular and pedestrian access points to reserved housing land at Moor Lane, Westfield. Location: Formation Of Three Vehicular And Pedestrian Access Points At Balfour Avenue, Quartermaine Avenue And Westfield Way, Woking, Surrey, Woking, [ Read More ]
Access Application Officer Appointed – Katie Dunk From: Daniel Freeland Sent: 18 May 2009 15:26 To: [private] Cc: Katie Dunk Subject: FW: Moor Lane Access application Dear [private] We have today received an application for access to the Moor Lane site. The application is being checked for validity. If it is valid, it will be registered and all the information received will be available for inspection via the Council’s website [ Read More ]
Please find attached the press release, ‘South East Plan welcomed by Council’, which was distributed earlier today to local media sources. 18 May 2009 South East Plan welcomed by council Woking Borough Council has given a cautious welcome to the final South East Plan, which was published by the Government on 6 May. The South East Plan sets out the region’s planning framework to 2026 and its strategy and policies [ Read More ]
