Palmer Crescent Open Space

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Aug 292011
 

PALMER CRESCENT OPEN SPACE IN THE BRAMBLES ESTATE, OFF MURRAY ROAD (OWNED BY RBC)

PROPOSAL TO SELL THE LAND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 14 HOUSES

Planning Application RU.11/0285

This Open Space was included in the original development in 1986, off Murray Road, by the then planning laws. It provides a `kick about space` and a play area for the younger children. It is the only green space in this high density development. RBC say the reason for the sale is that it is short of money due to the Government cutting its grants, in particular its capital funds for any future developments.  However, RBC does not need to build on this site as it “is currently exceeding its housing targets”. Figures show that the Memorial Field, with its open space and play area, is too far within current guidelines to easily walk there, as an alternative open space. So the proposals include the re-provision of the younger children`s play area, but provision of an older children’s play equipped area in the woods of Hare Hill Open Space. This site has a nature conservation designation (SANGS, see the Autumn 2009 Newsletter) to retain it as a natural area for walking, quiet recreation and for nature conservation. There has been strong opposition from the Ottershaw Society, many of the residents throughout the village, and in the surrounding areas of Hare Hill to these proposals, with many petitions and over 200 individual letters of objection to RBC. We have had support from some local councillors but unfortunately not all. RBC have deferred the decision to sell the site for development to look at all the other Open Spaces in Ottershaw to see if they would be more suited to have the older children`s play area construction on them. But they are also SANGS and are often adjacent to houses.

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St. Peter’s Hospital

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Aug 292011
 

ST. PETER`S HOSPITAL MASTER PLAN

Planning Application RU.09/1093

St. Peter`s Hospital submitted an Outline Planning Application in December 2009. It is a Master Plan for the next 20 years for development on the site. Each stage or new building will have its own Full Planning Application.  The first stage is already in progress to build a two storey car parking facility on the main car park. The site is under two Trusts — St. Peter`s Hospital operated by ASPTT and the Surrey and Borders NHS Partnership Foundation Trust (SABP). The former is an acute, medium sized district general hospital. The latter has facilities on the site principally to cater for patients with mental health problems or difficulties. The Surrey Primary Care Trust (PCT) also occupies some buildings. The new buildings will include facilities for all three Trusts’ administration staff to remain on site. All staff accommodation has been leased to Sevite Housing Association, who provides a range of affordable rented housing for NHS and other public sector key workers. While the older staff accommodation buildings will be rebuilt, there will not be an increase in the total accommodation on the site. The area of this application consists of the St. Peter`s Hospital site and the remains of the old Botleys Hospital site not sold off in 1996. The application states that the whole of this site “will remain entirely in healthcare related uses and ancillary uses”. The aim is to provide better modern facilities and more car parking, with landscaping around the edge as much as possible to provide a pleasant setting for staff and users, as well as screening the site. All but one of the old Botleys buildings will be replaced with purpose-built new buildings for the SABP Trust. Some of the present St. Peter`s Hospital buildings will remain, others will be replaced. There will be a 4% increase in floor space for ASPTT to allow for segregation of sexes on the wards, plus enhanced theatre accommodation and specialist services.

Dera Site

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Aug 292011
 
DERA SITE, LONGCROSS
 
 
RBC are still discussing the future of the 2 DERA sites, north and south of the M3, both of which are in the Green Belt. The permission for the offices on the northern side is still in force and was passed within the present Green Belt rules. The Government promise was that when the SE Plan went, the plans to put 2,500 houses on the south side would also go. But now that more planning matters are being devolved to local councils, RBC has not only not withdrawn its proposal to remove the south side from the Green Belt, passed early in 2010, but is in negotiations with the owner, Crest Homes, as to exactly what could be built on both sites under the new `Localism` plans. This is where development of such sites will now be left to local councils to decide. Nothing has yet been decided, as there are different views within the Borough, but firm proposals are likely to come out later this year (2011).

Anaerobic Digester

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Aug 282011
 
ANAEROBIC DIGESTER PLANT ON TRUMPS FARM, LONGCROSS
 
 
In September 2010 Agrivert Ltd. submitted a planning application to Surrey County Council (SCC) for an Anaerobic Digestion Facility (AD) on the land of Trumps Farm, Longcross Road. It is to be located to the east of the Wellers Auctioneers building and use the same entrance. AD involves biologically treating organic material to generate a renewable green energy for the National Grid. Originally the Society was in favour of this as, although in the Green Belt, it appeared that it would be taking RBC`s food waste from the new recycling contract, plus that from other local Boroughs. So local removal of one waste stream was more sustainable. Due to investigations by our SCC Councillor, Mel Few, it turned out to be mainly for commercial food waste being imported from long distances. It has no contracts with any local or county councils to take domestic waste, nor will it have.  This will result in high numbers of lorries travelling longer distances over our local roads. Also, as the main financial incentive is the sale of the produced energy, there is a potential to extend the site on this location. Hence more buildings in our Green Belt and even more lorries! Therefore we consider that it should be built near to the source of the waste material on an industrial site. The Society has lodged an objection to RBC and SCC. RBC has also lodged a strong objection to SCC. As there have been alterations to the original plan, for example increasing the stack height from 8 m to 16 m and Agrivert have not provided enough information on the effects on the environment, SCC has asked for more details before they will consider the application.

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