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NAG News Archive 2023
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‘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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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).
 Draft Minutes AGM 2023.pdf | [ ] | 93 kB |
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NAG is a member of the Guildford Residents Association (GRA), which represents local residents’ groups and some Parish Councils across Guildford Borough. Members have recently articulated a set of ‘asks’ ahead of the local elections on Thursday May 4th under the heading of “Calling for a Green and Distinctive Guildford”– these are set out in the document below.
| GRA \'Asks\' re Local Elections 2023 | [ ] | 672 kB |
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Consultation is now open on Natural England's proposals for various extensions to the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
| AONB Presentation Slide Pack | [ ] | 1833 kB |
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An online Petition has been launched by local residents to contest the proposed mobile home estate on the nine acre greenfield site behind the Wanborough Business Park on West Flexford Lane. Nearly 250 people signed it in the first 48 hours.