West Horsley Place to Become Arts Centre
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easthorsley.info News and information from East Horsley Parish Council SUMMER 2017 May Poll – Glenesk Style INSIDE THIS ISSUE Opera Gala First Night West Horsley Place Neighbourhood Plan Annual Parish Meeting FAREWELL SW TRAINS Meet the Traders Pt. III Wisley – Prepare for Battle see feature on page 4 SUMMER 2017 Editor’s Note… Wisley Planning Appeal It’s not often that a brand new opera house magically appears on your …you have your say doorstep. Yet earlier this month saw the glittering opening night of the Theatre in WISLEY PROPERTY INVESTMENTS claimed in publish the results on our website and in the the Woods when local residents mingled their submission that local support is broadly September newsletter. with celebrities to enjoy a world-class in favour of the development. East and West This emerging picture is also consistent with Horsley Parish Councils decided to launch the consultation comments made on the GBC performance of Tosca. Also featured this their own survey to gauge public opinion with Local Plan. Guildford residents submitted more month are performances of Jenufa, Die a survey hand delivered to every resident. than 1,400 comments concerning the Wisley Walkϋre and a special concert featuring It included questions concerning the likely Development. We have analysed them and Bryn Terfel and Zenaida Yanowsky. impact of the development on medical services, found that 96% of these comments objected to Some residents have expressed concerns schools, traffic flows and car parks. the scheme with less than 2% in favour. Yet still about noise and traffic and doubtless To date Surrey Community Action has received GBC have retained Wisley Airfield as a strategic there will be teething issues but in due nearly 1,000 returns. This represents an excellent development site in the revised Local Plan. level of response – so thank you to everyone who The public inquiry begins in Guildford on course these will be addressed and surely took the time to complete this survey. 19 September 2017 but submissions of Proofs resolved. Overall, the arrival of the opera From the returns processed so far, it of Evidence have to be with the Planning house has been warmly received. Many seems that the overwhelming majority of Inspectorate by 8 August – meaning there is a local people have found temporary Horsley residents are strongly opposed to the lot to do in a short time. employment; others are renting out proposed Wisley Airfield settlement. We will Robert Taylor rooms to opera staff. More than 130 residents entered the competition to win tickets to the opening night and we must thank Grange Park Opera for donating the tickets and Clerk’s Column congratulate our lucky winners, Rod and …from the Office of the Clerk Margaret Newman of Forest Road. Once the curtain has come down for this Volunteering in the East year, the builders will be back on site to complete decorations and landscaping. Horsley Community Thereafter the next question will surely be, East Horsley is fortunate that it has the Diocese of Guildford, Neighbourhood what happens for the 42 weeks each year many residents who will step out of their Connections has been launched. The when the opera is not in residence? The comfortable homes and work for the aim of Neighbourhood Connections is to Mary Roxburghe Trust has announced community. In the past year there have help vulnerable and isolated individuals to ambitious plans to create an been two litter picks, three working parties have more fulfilling lives. arts centre in the outbuildings at Wellington Meadow, bulb planting, road As you will see from Stephen Skinner’s that surround West Horsley sign cleaning and of course the hugely article, Surrey County Council and Place. Maybe the Theatre in successful Queen’s 90th Birthday Party. Guildford Borough Council are no longer the Woods will become part The Speed Watch team works hard to able to provide the breadth of services of that. We wish them improve road safety. they once did as grants from central well and look forward to Work on the Neighbourhood Plan government cease. seeing how this exciting has been intense and this will have For East Horsley to maintain its status project progresses. an influence on how East Horsley as a great place to live more will be progresses in the next 15 years. expected of the residents. Steve Harvey You will have recently received a “Living If you have skills that you think may [email protected] and Ageing Well in the Horsleys” booklet; benefit your community or you just want this shows the voluntary groups that to get stuck in please contact me. focus on making life better for the Nick Clemens Front cover: pupils at Glenesk School practising elderly. From collaboration with these [email protected] for their Summer Fair on 18 June two groups, Horsley Medical Practice and 2 www.easthorsley.info EAST HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2017 Local residents (two and four-legged variety) inspect the Neighbourhood Plan Open House for East Horsley Neighbourhood Plan Neighbourhood Plan our plan – our future AS PART OF the process of developing a once a Neighbourhood Plan is in place). the consultation draft and thanks to the comments Neighbourhood Plan, there is a statutory Thank you – it was great to see such interest in received the Plan should now become even better.” requirement to consult with residents. As well as the future of our village, with a healthy number of Once the draft plan has been reviewed using the website and e-mail lists, we decided to completed feedback forms to prove it! and amended by the Steering Group it will be hold an ‘Open House’ at the Village Hall. We are now sifting through these and all passed on to Guildford Borough Council who So on the day itself, we were ready! The other responses to the consultation. Alan will then take over the management of the banner promoting the event had been set up Gilbertson, who is nobly collating them all, says process, including a referendum, which should on the grass at Station Parade, posters adorned “There has been a wide spectrum of comment, take place towards the end of this year. the shop windows and leaflets were handed addressing many points of detail, which the My thanks go to all those who helped out in the village and at the stations. The team will need to work through carefully before make the event such a success, particularly Village Hall had an impressive array of stands adjusting the Plan ready for ‘examination’ by an highlighting the dedicated work by Brenda with information about the overall plan as well expert appointed by Guildford Borough Council. Aldred and Stephen Groom. as more details of the specific policy areas – Those commenting were nearly all supportive of Catherine Carr Housing, Environment, Infrastructure and Local Economy. Volunteers were on hand to deal with those interested in finding out more about the underlying philosophy and specific plans. It just needed the residents to come along – and you did – in good numbers throughout the day. Pleasingly there was a spread of age ranges, with a good number of our younger residents interested in finding out more about the plans and discussing with the Steering Group and Policy Groups any concerns or suggestions for changes. Two well attended Question and Answer break-out sessions discussed topics such as the housing mix, the need to expand the Medical Centre, disabled access for our two railway stations, rebuilds and infilling and the use of the Community Infrastructure Levy (money that comes to the Parish Council from developments Q & A sessions were well attended EAST HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER www.easthorsley.info 3 SUMMER 2017 Ode to SWT So farewell South West Trains Your familiar colour scheme Made commuters see red No toilets No air conditioning and often No seats Change of franchise? No sweat The Train Now Arriving in 2020… has toilets, air conditioning and Wi-Fi! SOUTH WEST TRAINS, owned and operated by construction work associated with the on and South West Trains are still using trains by Stagecoach, has lost its franchise to a new extension of platforms to accommodate ten on the Horsley line that were built for British operator, South Western Trains, a joint venture carriage trains. Rail between 1982 and 1985! A refurbishment between FirstGroup and the MTR Corporation In 1995, South West Trains was one of the project in 2012 introduced new seating and of Hong Kong. The switchover will take place first of the privatised rail franchises and, on 4 wider doors but, unlike similar units operated on 20 August 2017, at a time when services February 1996 ran the first privately operated by Southern Trains, trains were not equipped into Waterloo will be severely restricted service out of Waterloo for 48 years. 20 years with air conditioning, which makes for some very sticky and uncomfortable journeys during the summer months, not to mention Improving South Western Railway the absence of toilets, which also results in Delivering £1.2bn investment further discomfort! The good news is that South Western Trains plans to invest £1.2 billion in brand new Reduction in fastest London 30% typical off-peak Waterloo rolling stock by December 2020. The new Improved Increased New trains or journey time journey times capacity services Doubling trains, likely to be Bombardier Aventras, will trains to Brentford London Windsor Clapham Hounslow Junction have air conditioning and toilets. Stations and Reading Richmond trains will have Wi-Fi and, get this, there will 30% more Bristol Reduction in fastest Wimbledon seats into Temple Meads typical off-peak 12% Wokingham journey time Waterloo in the be charging sockets for mobile phones and morning and Bath evening peaks tablets at every seat.