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

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 ]

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

Copy of an letter from Priority Homes in response to an enquiry from a Moor Lane resident. To: (Resident) Moor Lane Woking GU22 9QY From: Woking Brought Council Civic Offices Gloucester Square Woking Surrey GU21 6YL Telephone (01483) 755855 Facsimile (01483) 768746 DX 2931 WOKING Email wokbc@woking.gov.uk Website www.woking.gov.uk 14th July 2009 Dear (Resident) RE: Moor Lane Development Thank you for your email dated 4th July regarding access to the  [ Read More ]

You must admit, the weekend was glorious and in keeping with many (whom I met along the way), it was an opportunity to enjoy the open spaces around Westfield Common. Here are some photos of the open countryside and farmland showing the site earmarked for housing development (click on them to see them full size). And a close up of another local resident who will get evicted with an uncertain  [ Read More ]

The Priority Homes Bidders will be running a public workshop on 19th September 2009.

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

Buried in the 2006 outline planning permission, there is a section on Policy REC2: Provision of open space, ancillary buildings and car parking that allows for some simple number crunching.  Simply stated  the document provides a guideline that, 200 dwellings, have 500 people therefore there is a requirement for 0.36ha of play spaces and pitch of 0.8ha.  With the appliance of a bit of arithmetic we can project the figures  [ Read More ]

Did you know that in the outline planning proposal for the Moor Lane Housing Project submitted in June 2006 contained the following statements: Three acres of outdoor playing space should be provided to included children’s play area and a full size pitch for ball games. The site can accommodate approximately 200 dwellings in total. Two sides of the site have rural boundaries and it is important that the form and  [ Read More ]

In May 2006 there should have been detailed notification of residents that an outline planning proposal was being submitted for the Moor Lane Housing Development. Were you notified? You should have been if you reside in one of the following addresses listed below at that time. Why should you care?  Well these are the households that will be most impacted by the plans if they go ahead.  Check it out  [ Read More ]