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

Based on a review of the submission letters posted to WBCs’ planning website, it appears that a total of around 129 seperate  letters of concern / objection (of one variety or another) were submitted in response to the planning application.   A breakdown summary is shown below: Balfour Avenue – 4. Bonners Close – 1. Campbell Ave – 1. Goldsworth Park – 1. Greenmeads – 1. Highlands Lane – 3. Lime Grove  [ Read More ]

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 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 ]

According to this email from Woking Council the access planning application for the Moor Lane Housing Development project will be submitted next week (w/c 18th May). – – Email – – From: priorityhomes@woking.gov.uk> to: date:    Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:26 AM subject: RE: Moor Lane Development The planning application to determine access is due to be submitted early next week.  Once the application is submitted and validated, the local  [ Read More ]

In the outline planning application that was submitted for the project in June 2006 the following objections were raised by local residents – it makes interesting reading. – – – Extract – – - REPRESENTATIONS 24 letters of objection have been received including one from Moor Lane Residents’ Association. They raise the following matters: The rural setting of the area will be ruined. Wildlife/Protected Species concerns The road [Moor Lane]  [ Read More ]