Policy P2: Green Belt
We will continue to protect the Metropolitan Green Belt, as shown on the proposals map, against inappropriate development. In accordance with national planning policy, the construction of new development will be considered inappropriate and will not be permitted unless very special circumstances can be demonstrated.
Limited infilling within the identified settlement boundaries of the following villages: Albury, Compton, East Clandon, East Horsley (south), Gomshall, Holmbury St Mary, Peaslake, Pirbright, Puttenham, Shere, West Clandon and Worplesdon. Limited infilling may also be appropriate outside the inset or identified settlement boundaries, and in the following villages, where it can be demonstrated that the site is as a matter of fact on the ground within the village: Artington, Eashing, Farley Green, Fox Corner, Hurtmore, Ockham, Seale, Shackleford, The Sands, Wanborough and Wisley. |
Response: Object
This policy is much weaker than previous protection. It is dependent on the Surrey Hills Management Plan. Note that this welcomes housing development. The Surrey Hills needs much more substantial protection. Even major (undefined) development in the AONB would be permitted if exceptional (undefined) circumstances could be demonstrated.
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Bailes Lane: Temporary Article 4 Direction Made!
On 18 April, following numerous representations from members of the public, Normandy Parish Council, and Normandy's Borough Councillors, Guildford Borough Council (GBC) officers acting under their delegated powers issued an Article 4 Direction regarding the agricultural land lying to the west of Bailes Lane, Normandy, GU3 2BA.
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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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