Our Normandy Village - Glaziers Lane
Our Normandy Village - land near Pusseys Copse with Ancient Woodland
Our Normandy Village - view to the Hogs Back and Surrey Hills AONB
Our Normandy Village - St Marks Church, Wyke, 15th c.
Our Normandy Village - winter sunset
Consultation Response
The two settlements of Normandy and Flexford, that along with the areas and hamlets of Christmas Pie, Willey Green, Wyke and Pinewoods make up the ward of Normandy, have been ‘inset’ in the current Local Plan. We are concerned with any Development Management Policy that draws on the NPPF and NPPG guidance to exacerbate existing pressures on infrastructure, the countryside within the inset boundaries and the land designated as Green Belt outwith the inset boundaries.
In particular:
Housing
Policy H4 Housing Density
Economy
Policy E10: Rural development (including agricultural diversification)
Protecting
Policy P6: Biodiversity in New Developments
Policy P8: Woodland, trees, hedgerows and irreplaceable habitats
Policy P14: Regionally Important Geological / Geomorphological Sites
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‘Limited Infilling’ in Normandy and Flexford
‘Limited Infilling’ is increasingly used by planning officers as a justification when approving applications in Normandy/Flexford, even where the site is outside the settlement area identified in the Local Plan and is therefore in the Green Belt. (It is worth recalling in this context that the Local Plan removed Normandy and Flexford, along with several other settlements, from the Green Belt, making then ‘inset’, rather than ‘washed over’; this meant that development within the settlement area would not need to accord with Green Belt policy.) We therefore thought it would be helpful to take a closer look at this concept of ‘limited infilling’ in the Green Belt.
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Report from 2023 NAG AGM
Our AGM took place on 31st October; the draft Minutes are attached. We discussed the unsatisfactory situation regarding the enforcement of local planning regulations, assisted by Councillor George Potter, the Lead Councillor for Planning at Guildford Borough Council (GBC).
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