What is the plan for the former Wisley Airfield? For those who have asked or heard rumours - this is the plan as detailed on page 86 of the Issues and Options document. Ill leave it up to you to add comments/ reactions and responses below A new settlement We could explore an option to provide a new settlement that will provide a large number of new homes. This would also need facilities such as shops, community uses, schools, leisure, employment premises, public transport opportunities and green space (including Suitable Alternative Natural Green space, SANG to mitigate harm to the Thames Basin Heaths SPA). This is necessary to ensure that people do not need to travel far for their everyday needs. One possible area where we could consider this is at land around the former Wisley airfield, near Ockham. This is towards the north east of our borough and is land that has been previously developed to provide for an airfield. About 17 hectares of concrete runway and hardstanding still exist. The site could potentially be well connected to the transport network and opportunities exist to create public transport links. A new settlement here could be approximately 167 hectares in size. This new settlement could provide at least 2,175 new homes along with other uses. Whilst acknowledging that this land has been developed before there are potential limitations to any future development of this land: • any new residents would be reliant on the private car in the absence of public transport connections • the land is close to the M25 and A3 junction and may increase the number of vehicles using these busy roads on a daily basis • part of the land is within 400 metres of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area, where new homes cannot be allowed so this radically affects the amount of land that could be developed for housing • a new settlement here would absorb the hamlet of Ockham • part of the land has planning permission for a large composting facility (see the Surrey Waste Plan). Q32 Do you think we should do more work to assess a potential development area, large enough to be a new settlement, at the former Wisley airfield and/or elsewhere?
Posted on: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 07:53:01 +0000
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