Our Normandy Village - Once its gone, its gone for good
Our Normandy Village - land near Pusseys Copse with Ancient Woodland
Our Normandy Village - view to the Surrey Hills National Landscape
Our Normandy Village - St Marks Church, Wyke, 15th c.
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Normandy Still says NO!
Taylor Wimpey's agent, Savill's, has resubmitted papers for the major TW development in Normandy (Guildford Borough Council - GBC - planning reference 25/P/01725) and associated SANG (25/P/01726). The following are our headline comments on the the former; we shall shortly add comments on the latter, and we will upload the full text of our updated objections to the proposals once we have submitted them to GBC.
Guildford's Green Belt Assessment: Why we are concerned
The recently published Green Belt Assessment (GBA) from Guildford Borough Council makes for worrying reading if you believe that the Green Belt serves important purposes and should therefore have extra protection from development. In the PDF below, we give our analysis and suggest certain actions we can all take to try to preserve our precious Green Belt before it is too late.
 Our Analysis and Concerns | [ ] | 179 kB |
Shortlands Farm application goes to Planning Inspector for decision.
Planning application 25/P/01521 for up to 200 dwellings at Shortlands Farm near the boundary between Normandy and Ash has been referred to the Planning Inspectorate on grounds of ‘non-determination’: in other words, because Guilford Borough Council (GBC) failed to give a ruling on it within the statutory timeframe.
| Shortlands Farm Grey Belt Question | [ ] | 96 kB |
It's Not Just Normandy That Says NO!
Local residents are not the only ones opposing the Taylor Wimpey proposal to impose up to 950 new builds in the wildlife and heritage heart of Normandy. None of the organisations asked by Guildford Borough Council (GBC) for their views on planning applications 25/P/01725 and 25/P/01726 have expressed enthusiasm for them.
| Main Application Feedback | [ ] | 455 kB |
| SANG Application Feedback | [ ] | 213 kB |
Normandy: History and Heritage
Image by Momentmal from Pixabay
History matters. The origin of things matters. Preserving our heritage matters. Take this bench. We do not know its history - it is an image taken from the internet, where it has been generously contributed by a gentleman called Bernd through the Pixabay platform (thank you!). But it is a beautiful and intriguing object, and makes us curious about its origins.