A Planning application is in for Dunsfold Park New Town

2,600 dwellings – 6,350 residents – 3,000+ cars

This development will have a major impact on anyone living in the towns and villages in the Guildford – Horsham – Haslemere triangle. The new town will be 2½ times the size of Chiddingfold and will be built in 10 years rather than over 1,000 years. Our infrastructure and precious countryside cannot cope with such a massive and rapid increase in population.

If you live or travel on the A281 or A283 or the many adjoining country lanes  - you will be affected.

If you use the local services - hospitals, schools, railways, etc. - you will be affected.

If you love our beautiful local countryside - you will be affected.

“The development is completely inappropriate for the area and would increase the burden on local infrastructure and services.”

Jeremy Hunt MP (South West Surrey), Shadow Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport

Unacceptable extra traffic would use the narrow country lanes and the A281 (critically worsening the Bramley bottleneck) and A283, which will affect all routes and rat runs to the A3 at Milford and the roads to the south of Dunsfold Park. The only planned road improvement is to construct a new access from Dunsfold Park to the adjoining A281.

Suitable sites for meeting Waverley's planned quota of additional homes over the next ten years (250 a year) have already been identified by the Borough Council. There is simply no local housing need for a new town.

Affordable housing - isn't it better to put this in the towns and villages where it is required rather than putting it all into one place?

The application could be the thin end of the wedge leading ultimately to urban sprawl between Dunsfold Park and Cranleigh.

We are not alone in opposing the scheme. All the experienced planners and local politicians who have considered the housing strategy for Waverley have opposed the development of major housing at Dunsfold Park – Surrey County Council, Waverley Borough Council, South East England Regional Assembly and most recently the panel of Government planning inspectors who have reviewed the draft South East Plan.

Register your objection your objection with Waverley Borough Council –

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By completing the online form on Waverley’s website  Waverley Borough Council

When sending Waverley your written objections you must quote their reference - WA/2008/0788, state that you oppose the grant of planning permission and set out your reasons.

Possible reasons for objecting

You should set out the reasons which concern you, preferably in your own language rather than simply copying our suggestions word for word. In the Planning and Building Control section of the Waverley website you can find guidance from the council on what they can (i.e. “material planning considerations”) or cannot take into account when making a planning decision.

•             Road infrastructure. The existing road structure cannot cope with the additional traffic that will be generated. There are no plans to improve the roads other than the construction of a new access from Dunsfold Park to the A281. [Add details of any roads that you use which you consider will be particularly adversely affected – such as the Bramley bottleneck and local rat runs].

•             Planning policy. The proposal is in conflict with all local, regional and central Government planning policies – in particular The Waverley Borough Local Plan 2002, The Surrey Structure Plan 2004 and the draft South East Plan. There are no good grounds for departing from these planning policies.

•             Situation. The site is relatively remote and rural and almost entirely surrounded by an Area of Great Landscape Value as well as being on the edge of the Green Belt. It has Sites of Special Scientific Interest and other ecologically sensitive areas around it and to the east there are substantial areas that are liable to flooding.

•             Services. The resultant increase in the population will impose an excessive additional burden on local services such as hospitals, schools and railways.

•             Wrong place. Housing on this scale should not be lumped together in one remote rural location. In particular the affordable housing required to meet local needs should be built in the existing towns and villages in Waverley where it is needed.