A community website from WCRA – the Westfield Common Residents' Association – based in Westfield, Woking, UK

One of our members has spoken to Katie Dunk as to when the committee might be meeting, re: the Access Application. Katie said that it will not be decided officially until 5 days before,but “unofficially” it’s likely to be 07th July. The next planning committee after this is in September.

Attached is the current draft of the WCRA response letter to the Planning Application for access. The letter itself is quite short and summarises a common view of the points of concern but the detail is actually listed in the Appendix of the document. Heres how I suggest you use it: In your letter, reference the WCRA letter if you agree with the points we raise, i.e. say something like  [ Read More ]

Copied verbatim a reply to Katie Dunk (Woking Borough Council Planning Officer) from the County Highways Authority: Dear Katie, thanks for copying me the detailed objections attached to your message below and for reminding me of the due application consultation response for the county highway authority (CHA).  In this reply I will firstly comment on the forwarded objections, then issue the CHA’s application response and then list other matters. Comments  [ Read More ]

Here at WCRA we are still formulating the official letter that we are going to submit. For those of you who need a reminder of where to send your objections to then please note the following: All objections should quote the access planning application reference namely, PLAN/2009/0434. Any views you wish to make on this application MUST be made in writing and can be submitted online, by letter or email.  [ Read More ]

The report from the independant Transport Study has been delivered. Summary of Findings the excessive distance to nearby bus stops, and hence non-compliance with government policy documents PPG13 and PPS3 which require new development to be sustainable and readily accessible to public bus transport; the vehicular capacity of the Westfield Road / Balfour Avenue junction which has been analysed using incorrectly assigned development traffic, and without forecasting to realistic future year scenarios  [ Read More ]

WCRA requested clarification from Woking Borough Council on the motivation for their decisions on access to the housing site. Here is their response.

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. .mtli_attachment { display:inline-block; height:64px; background-position: top left; background-attachment: scroll;  [ Read More ]

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.