NAG News 2026


Guildford Borough Council (GBC) has issued a provisional Tree Protection Order (TPO) on 90 individual trees and 3 areas of woodland in and around the site on which Taylor Wimpey (TW) is planning to build up to 950 dwellings. The TPO is valid for 6 months, after which the Council either needs to confirm it or let it lapse.

 

 

UPDATE 21 September: We have now submitted to Guildford Borough Council our objection to application 25/P/01726; please see the pdf below.

UPDATE 28 August: We have now submitted to Guildford Borough Council our objection to application 25/P/01725; please see the pdf below.

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 both applications:

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. 

Attachments:
Download this file (GBA_NAG Perspective_090826.pdf)Our Analysis and Concerns[ ]179 kB

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. 

Attachments:
Download this file (25-P-01521 Shortlands Farm NAG Input to GBC Planning Committee.pdf)Shortlands Farm Grey Belt Question[ ]96 kB

 

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.

Attachments:
Download this file (25-P-01725 Summary of Public Body Feedback to 24 Apr 2026 Rev.pdf)Main Application Feedback[ ]455 kB
Download this file (25-P-01726 Summary of Public Body Feedback to 24 Apr 2026.pdf)SANG Application Feedback[ ]213 kB

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