Cycle hub in Dorking development
A football academy, a 130-place children’s nursery, and a cycling hub, have all been approved in Dorking as the Pixham Lane masterplan steps up a gear. The site had been … Read More
Category: Planning
Council solve Scots Pine tree puzzle
The Planning Committee Meeting, held at Epsom Town Hall on 7 September 2023 centred around two key topics: a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) concerning a Scots Pine tree in Grafton … Read More
Little plots of Council land for housing?
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s Strategy and Resources Committee decided Thursday 13th July to submit two Council owned sites for housing. The Draft Local Plan sets out the framework for … Read More
Green complaints not black and white
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council disagrees with the claims made by Green Belt campaigners reported 1st July. Yufan Si of Epsom and Ewell Green Belt and Alexander Duval stated that … Read More
Green Belt development objections excluded
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s Draft Local Plan proposes housing developments on Green Belt land. Prominent local objectors to building on Green Belt land have discovered that their objections have … Read More
Chris Grayling MP on new homes and biodiversity
Now that the local elections are out of the way, we all wait with interest to see what the Borough Council is planning to do about its controversial plan to … Read More
Mole Valley Plan Paused
As Epsom and Ewell’s Draft Local Plan’s progress awaits a new timetable we take a look at what’s happening in neighbouring Mole Valley. Chris Caulfield reports. The decision on where, … Read More
Pause for thought on paused Plan
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s Licensing and Planning Policy Committee reviewed the state of play with the Draft Local Plan at a meeting Thursday 15th June. The progression of the … Read More
Epsom less flat after more flats approved
Two new blocks of flats will be built next to Epsom Railway Station after planners gave the go-ahead.Planning applications for 16 new homes on the corner of East Street and … Read More
Epsom and Ewell planning improving after Government threat?
Three Surrey councils have been warned that their planning departments are “not good enough” and threatened with having their decision-making powers stripped. Guildford, Waverley, and Epsom and Ewell Borough Councils … Read More
The cost of planning
Green Belt campaigners have obtained a breakdown of over half-a-million pounds spent so far by Epsom and Ewell Borough Council on the draft Local Plan and the Town Centre MasterPlan. … Read More
Two Epsom brownfield developments?
With local controversies about the draft Local Plan eyeing up Green Belt, Epsom and Ewell Borough Council soon decides on two Town proposals. LDRS reports: Plans for a care home … Read More
Surrey County’s Cathedral citadel conserved…
The “fundamental specialness” of Guildford and its cathedral have been preserved after plans to build 124 homes next to the historic site were refused. Guildford Borough Council’s planning committee met … Read More
County resists nimbies against children’s home
Resident objections to a new children’s home and apartments for care leavers have been labelled “petty” as councillors approved the plans. The former Adult Education Centre in Dene Street, Dorking can now … Read More
Planning or pantomime? Councillors press pause on Plan.
Epsom and Ewell council voted to “pause” its controversial Local Plan last night, with one Residents’Association (RA) councillor leaving the meeting after suggesting it was about “forthcoming electionsrather than planning … Read More
Ruse within a ruse?
Yesterday the full Council of Epsom and Ewell voted to pause the process of the Local Plan. Cllr Eber Kington (RA Ewell Court) proposed an emergency motion to delay the … Read More