Monthly Archives: Nov 2012

Sainsbury’s (Even more!)

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We felt it necessary to update residents on the article we published on 26 October. Following our representation to Woking Borough Council the Council have published a number of the plans submitted by Sainsbury’s and their agents to meet the planning conditions imposed on them as part of the agreement for Sainsbury’s to build their extension. The plans can be found on the Council’s Planning web site under the original planning application reference number, PLAN/2011/0160. If you have difficulty in finding the plans please feel free to contact our secretary at secretary@knaphill.org.

In this article we will deal with only one of the planning conditions, the enclosing of the service yard. There are others covering landscaping, air quality monitoring and the barrier at the entrance of the proposed car park extension.

Service yard enclosure

As reported in October Sainsbury’s have submitted a plan for an enclosure that will be fitted around the whole of the service yard but the plan is not for a fully enclosed service yard as required in the planning decision notice. Although Sainsbury’s have stated that they will review their plans no new information has been received and therefore we can only go with the plans that have been submitted to Woking Borough Council.

A public consultation launched by WBC on 9th November closes on 30th November and therefore anyone planning to comment on the plans as they currently stand will have to submit their comments as soon as possible.

The KRA have asked Woking Borough Council to reopen the public consultation period if Sainsbury’s submit amended plans.

BROOKWOOD FARM – CALA HOMES AMEND THEIR PLANS

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We have received a letter from Woking Borough Council stating that the developer, Cala Homes, have submitted amendments to the planning application for Brookwood Farm.

Details of the amendments are on the WBC planning web-site (http://www.woking.gov.uk/planning/publicaccess) Just to remind everyone the planning application reference number is PLAN/2012/0224.

The amended plans are open to public consultation and residents have until 14 December 2012 to comment.

The Residents’ Association will study the amended plans and make a more detailed comment later.

The amended plans do not deal with the major issues of school places, road congestion, air quality or adequate GP practices.

Brookwood twist

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An interesting turn of events has come to light in the development of Brookwood Farm. Cala Homes, the company behind the designs for the site have been put up for auction as reported in The Independent today

How this affects the plans both from Cala and WBC is unknown but it is unlikely that any pressure will be coming from the Cala camp in the near future as they see just how their auction goes and if any break up of the business is on the cards.

This activity is unlikely to derail the Brookwood Farm development however and only lead to delays in breaking ground.

Litter pick 2012

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A damp start to the day provided normal KRA operating conditions for the recent litter pick of Knaphill village, organised by our own Ann Mason and Antony Polack. Helped along by a pack of pickers, we had 15 helpers in all and our thanks go to each of them for giving generously of their time to help improve the village.

A considerable amount of rubbish was collected – the most common offenders being cigarette butts and energy drinks cans. We also found empty wine bottles, clothing, rags, receipts and the usual junk carelessly discarded or blown from topless bins.

Phil Stubbs also took the opportunity to rake the leaves up from the old library site in preparation for the service on the 11th.

Thanks should also go to Kate Wilson from WBC who came over from Surbiton just to help out and lend the use of garbage grabbers and provide bags for Serco to collect.

I’m mightily pleased that we got volunteers to help out and even though we got some funny looks for cleaning the village, it was a worthwhile effort to make the streets just a bit tidier. Lets hope the village can keep it that way for a while!

 

Police: Operation Candlelight update

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This year’s anti-burglary initiative, Operation Candlelight, launched on Monday, 22 October and is well underway. Operational activities have targeted high risk neighbourhoods and known offenders; crime prevention postcards have been sent to ‘at risk’ properties to encourage residents to improve their home security while roadshows and bus back advertising have taken place across the county.

 

In the second phase of the operation, we are teaming up with Crimestoppers in a bid to urge residents to tell the charity what they know about possible burglars and the handling of stolen goods in return for cash rewards of up to £1,000.

 

Following the success of last years campaign which saw an increase in calls to the charity, Crimestoppers will use Facebook, advertising posters in buses across Surrey and a targeted ‘Know a burglar?’ leaflet drop to make as many people as possible aware of the rewards while pledging the anonymity that Crimestoppers offer.

 

Tim Prideaux JP, Chairman of Surrey Crimestoppers said: “We all want our homes and valuables to be as safe as possible so if you have any information about any burglary but don’t want to reveal your identity then please contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

 

Detective Superintendent Ray Blythe said: “Surrey Police is pleased to be working alongside Crimestoppers once again in our bid to reduce burglary activity. We know that some people don’t want to talk to the police and don’t want to give their name but do have information about burglars in their area. I would encourage anyone who knows about those involved in this distressing crime to tell someone – whether that be the police or Crimestoppers – to make sure we can bring these individuals to justice.”

If you need to contact us in the meantime, you can reach us on

Email: 13207@surrey.pnn.police.uk
Tel: 101

 

Mark Saunders