Residents

newsletter

March 2016

The Residents Association
Annual General Meeting
will take place in May.
Please come along to find
out more and air your
views.

Proposal for a new

roundabout at Drovers Way

Application for
110 new homes
at Folly Hill
Park View Residents Association
has become aware that Catesby
Estates Ltd and Bewley Homes
Plc are preparing to submit a
planning application for 110 new
homes on land at Folly Hill.
A few residents have received a
letter from Turley, which is a
planning consultancy from
Bristol.
The letter invites residents to a
public consultation about the
residential development. The
consultation will be held on:

Thursday 17 March
2pm to 7pm
Hale Village Hall
For those who did not receive a
letter, please see overleaf for
more information about what is
proposed.

On behalf of their client, in October 2015, Turley Associates submitted a
Request for a Screening Opinion to Waverley Borough Council. Based on the
information supplied, Waverley decided that the proposed application will
not require an Environmental Impact Assessment, which came as some
surprise to members of the Residents Association Committee.
We also learnt from this Request for a Screening Opinion that the developers
propose to install a new roundabout at the Folly Hill/Drovers Way entrance
to the estate.
We understand that the application for the roundabout will be considered
separately by Surrey County Council and that this is likely to happen within
the next few months. If the roundabout is given permission, the Committee is
concerned about the impact on our estate. The Committee is of the view that
more factual information needs to be given to Park View residents so that
anybody who is interested can form a timely and informed opinion.

Visit www.pvra-farnham.org

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Whats proposed
For those who did not receive a
letter from Turley, the key points of
their letter are as follows:
Catesby Estates Ltd and Bewley
Homes Plc are preparing a
planning application for 110 new
homes on land at Folly Hill.
The application is in response to a
demand for new homes.
Forty per cent will be affordable
housing.
There will be a new access
junction to Folly Hill.

Questions
This application is still in the relatively early stages of the process so
many questions are currently unanswered such as:

Will there be extra school places?

Can the drain and sewage system cope?

How will the roads cope with the extra traffic?

Will there be extra health care provision?

What is the evidence to suggest that the provision for Suitable

Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) is adequate?

The land in question is mainly London Clay, what flood

prevention measures will be put in place?

What steps will be taken to prevent a deterioration in local air

quality?

Please let us know if you have further questions or put them direct to

A dedicated public open space.

the developer at the public consultation on Thursday 17 March at

A variety of house sizes for both

Hale Village Hall.

single occupancy and families.

The land is currently used for

What are your views?

grazing.
Turley say the site is a logical

The Park View Residents Association committee acts on behalf of the

extension to the town and that it is

residents so it would be useful to know your initial thoughts on the

sustainably located within

proposal to build 110 new homes at Folly Hill. Please do email

reasonable walking distance of a

secretary@pvra-farnham.org to tell us how you think we can best

range of local services including

represent your views.

shops, schools, employment and a

mainline railway station.
The remainder of the letter informs
about the public consultation.
The contact for queries is
andrea.kellegher@turley.co.uk

PVRA Committee members

John Hurst Chairman

chairman@pvra-farnham.org
Mike Downs Deputy Chairman
deputy.chairman@pvrafarnham.org

on 0117 989 7000.

Julie Jackson - Secretary

secretary@pvra-farnham.org

Material from the exhibition will be

Mark Baker - Treasurer

treasurer@pvra-farnham.org

available from 17 March at

www.follyhillfarnham.co.uk.

Your elected representatives

Roger Higgins

Town and Borough Councillors

Cllr John Scotty Fraser, 01252 321300
jscotty.fraser@farnham.gov.uk

Cllr Julia Potts, 07977 443394
julia.potts@waverley.gov.uk

County Councillor
Cllr Denise Le Gal, 01252 728363,
denise.legal@surreycc.gov.uk

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