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WISLEY APPEAL STARTS 19 SEPTEMBER

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Editor’s Note… I’m writing this heading for Dubai, a 2017 Volunteer of Wisley Planning Appeal city I’ve been visiting for more than 40 years. Back in the ‘70s once you’d stocked up on duty-free, there wasn’t the Year Award much to hang around for. Now Dubai is EVERY YEAR the Parish Council makes an award to someone who, by volunteering, has made a real difference to the quality of life in East Horsley. Recent winners include Margaret Read, Joan Starts 19 September up there with some of the great cities of the world. Its rulers had the vision to Hattersley and David Reeve. Now the Parish Council would like to receive nominations for this realise that oil revenues wouldn’t last year’s award. Do you know someone living or working in the village who, by volunteering, has Following GBC’s refusal of their planning application to build more than 2,000 houses on the site of the former forever and so they set about building made a notable difference to the quality of life for all our residents? Please submit names and a airfield situated close to the Ockham turn-off on the A3, Wisley Property Investments Ltd has appealed to the a modern city and tourist destination short explanation as to why you feel the nominated person is worthy of this award to Nick Clemens at [email protected] or drop a note round to the Parish Council office behind the Planning Inspectorate. that could prosper even when the oil Village Hall by 7 October. The winner will be announced at the annual Parish Council Christmas wells eventually run dry. In his day THE APPEAL is subject to a public inquiry ahead of the local elections back in May. Proofs of Evidence comprising the case made Volunteer party in December. Lord Lovelace had a vision for what starting Monday 19 September at the Yvonne More than 1,900 surveys were distributed by our two specialist witnesses, Roger Miles East Horsley should look like, so did Arnaud Theatre in . to voters in the Lovelace Ward, which (Planning Consultant) and Keith Robinson Frank Chown. The newly submitted East and Parish Councils have covers Ockham, Wisley and Ripley. Of the (Transport Consultant). Their evidence is now joined forces to oppose this appeal and will be surveys returned nearly 90% opposed the on the EHPC website. At the inquiry these two Neighbourhood Plan is a step in the Xmas Window presenting evidence at the inquiry. To gauge development of the site, 5% supported it and witnesses will summarise their evidence, then right direction. It contains a vision for the views of Horsley residents towards this 5% were ambivalent. Specific comments both be questioned by the Planning Inspector and future retail development at Station Decorations proposed new settlement, the parish councils for and against included: the opposition barrister. The running order Parade and Bishopsmead Parade but CHRISTMAS is fast approaching so, undertook a public survey. • The area cannot support over 2,000 new at the inquiry is GBC, Wisley Action Group, no mention of the streetscape. How shopkeepers of East Horsley, time to start The responses have been analysed by homes Ockham, Horsley PCs, Ripley PC, Cobham, will our shopping streets look in 2033? thinking about those wonderful window Community Action, an independent non-profit • There would be a serious impact on traffic, Yarner and lastly Wisley Properties. Much the same as today? Somewhat displays that help give our village a festive making organ