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
SCC FoI Request 15/5/2016 Ref 14606
Q. What capital funding is being provided by the Department for Education for a new Secondary School on the strategic site between Normandy and Flexford that is mentioned in the draft Guildford Local Plan. This is to include any confirmation in writing from the DfE that such resources will be available for the new school.
A. It is too early for considerations to have taken place with regard to this enquiry; therefore no such documents are available.
Q. What proposals have been sought to establish a free school on this site via the ‘free school presumption’, or proposals for a new maintained school outside of the competitive arrangements in order to meet demand for a specific type of place.
A. It is too early for considerations to have taken place with regard to this enquiry; therefore no such documents are available.
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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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