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.

In 2019 Guildford Borough Council refused planning consent for an application 19/P/00167 to build 11 houses on the site.  However, a subsequent application 20/P/01970 for a Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use or Development (CLEUD) was approved despite opposition from local residents and Wanborough Parish Council, and it is understood that the owners of this site are now poised to proceed with the construction of a mobile home park with up to 70 new dwellings in phase 1.
 
This development would represent a major intrusion into the Green Belt within an area designated for possible inclusion in the expanded Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The additional traffic generated by 70 new homes, along with pressure on the local infrastructure, would undoubtedly degrade the rural character of West Flexford Lane and the countryside around. A campaign has therefore been launched to persuade Guildford Planners to take a closer look at the proposal, to review earlier gateway decisions which have paved the way to this situation, and to take steps to prevent inappropriate development of this site.