Update from Windlesham Society committee meeting 10 June
Last night was the bi-monthly meeting of the Windlesham Society committee. There were about 12 of us there, as usual. Lots of interesting topics were discussed in this open forum. Here are a few which...
View ArticleHow will Surrey County Council protect the Green Belt?
I just got back from today’s meeting of the Cabinet of Surrey County Council (SCC). County Hall is in the London Borough of Kingston and actually outside Surrey. Lots of people work there so it is a...
View ArticleWill the birthplace of local democracy listen to public support for the Green...
Campaign to Protect Rural England: Media Release Contact: 020 7981 2819 or 07739 332 796 out of hours For immediate release Will the birthplace of local democracy listen to public support for the Green...
View ArticleSurrey Heath, Rotten Borough
I wasted an hour of my time this evening. I attended (some of) the Surrey Heath Local Committee in Bagshot. This is a panel of all 6 Surrey County Councillors for the Surrey Heath area and 6 borough...
View ArticleNew DERA Site Planning Application
Here is the latest planning application to be filed by Crest Nicholson for the DERA site at Chobham Common after they withdrew their previous one: Aug 13 DERA I was going to post links to Runnymede...
View ArticleObjection to latest housing plan at Chobham Common
Regular readers will already know about the plans to build 200 houses on the Green Belt ex-DERA site at Chobham Common. This endangers rare wildlife, destroys the beautiful Surrey countryside and would...
View ArticleLongcross South: A New Surrey Village
The 300-acre ex-DERA site at Chobham Common has been a frequent subject on this blog. The whole site is part of the Green Belt in Surrey straddling the M3 within Runnymede Borough Council area but...
View ArticleGuildford Council’s Rush to War on the Green Belt
Conservative Guildford Borough Council has managed to achieve an astonishing masterstroke. In one move they have threatened the Green Belt which is so dear to their electorate and they have also failed...
View ArticleGuildford Tories Run Out of Excuses
As regular readers will be aware, Conservative Guildford Borough Council is rushing to war on the Green Belt. Their acceptance of developers’ wishes to build on pristine greenfield sites instead of...
View ArticleTory Runnymede Council Blunders Criticised by Inspector
Regular readers will be well informed about the saga of the Green Belt “DERA” site at Chobham Common. I have been campaigning for years to protect the endangered species of birds found in the unique...
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