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Police NW update 7/4/14

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Please find below your weekly Neighbourhood Watch Crime Bulletin.

Thursday 27thth of March 2014 – Thursday 03rd of April 2014

In Your Area

Various crime references in Knaphill have been listed this week as below.

Reference 45140025797

Between 24/02/2014 13:00 – 24/02/2014 16:00 THEFT in BAGSHOT ROAD, KNAPHILL A trespasser entered the victim’s rear garden and stole 4 allow wheels.

Reference 45140025765

Between 01/03/2014 12:00 – 20/03/2014 12:00 THEFT in BAGSHOT ROAD, KNAPHILL, Parts of a Chimney were taken from the property.

Reference 45140025767

Between 01/03/2014 12:00 – 01/04/2014 12:05 Attempted theft to a vehicle in BROADWAY, KNAPHILL. A male and a female approached a car and the male attempted to open the boot of the vehicle. The male was described as a white and stocky.

Reference 45140025771

Between 31/03/2014 11:00 – 31/03/2014 11:05 in OAK TREE ROAD, KNAPHILL. An intruder entered a secure rear garden of semi detached house.

Reference 45140025794

Between 27/03/2014 09:00 – 27/03/2014 12:00 in BAGSHOT ROAD, KNAPHILL. The offender entered into a front garden, smashed the window of a parked car and then asked the owner to sell the car with a discount due to the damage on the vehicle.

If you feel that you have witnessed any incident that may relate to the above crime/crimes please call 101 quoting the appropriate crime reference number.

Suspicious Vehicles

Please be aware of the following vehicles which have been seen in suspicious circumstances in and around the area –

A Red Audi A1 Sport with an index of RJ63 DKO and its occupants have been seen acting suspiciously near to commercial properties. It is believed that its occupants may be involved in a series of burglaries.

A Silver BMW 525D M Sport, 4 door saloon with an index of P18 OWN was stolen from a residential property in Frimley. It is believed that this vehicle is now being used to commit commercial burglaries where cigarettes are being stolen. This vehicle may now be on false registration plates.

Under no circumstances should you approach these vehicles or their occupants. If you see them acting suspiciously please call 101, if you think a crime is in progress always call 999.”

Yours Sincerely

Steve Dew

Neighbourhood Watch Volunteer

Knaphill Cricket Club

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Andy Hills has set up a project looking at the potential for a new cricket club in the village.

“Knaphill Cricket Club, you say?” But there’s no such thing!

Correct! Yet. People from separate areas have been expressing an interest to me in creating a cricket club in the village. The question firstly is can we get enough support and members to start such a venture? Questions are obviously raised such as who, where, when, how, costs…?

Although very early days, in the first instance get in touch and mention that you might have an interest in membership. If we get enough numbers a small committee may be formed to take over planning and direction.

I can almost taste the cucumber sandwiches and Pimms now…

Website knaphillcc.wordpress.com. Please direct all email to knaphillcc@mail.com or via twitter @hillsy101

 

Regards, Andy Hills

Woking Crime Summit 2014

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Something that should be of interest to residents – an event with senior police members to explain their roles and listen to what matters most to you. This is YOUR chance to influence policing in the area.

WHEN: 18.30-21:30, Wednesday 26th March
WHERE: HG Wells Centre, Woking

From the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey –

Woking residents are invited to the Borough’s first Crime Summit. This event will see senior figures from Surrey Police, Surrey County Council, Woking Borough Council join Kevin Hurley, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey, to talk about their work and hear from local people about the issues that matter to them in their communities.

The event is an opportunity for residents in Woking to hear about community safety work in the area; raise the issues that are affecting their lives and discuss with all of the public agencies working in the area how we can work together to solve those problems.
Refreshments will be provided from 18:00.

You can register:
Online: http://wokingsummit.eventbrite.co.uk/

Contact:
Telephone: 01483 630 200
Email: SurreyPCC@Surrey.police.uk
Post: Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey, PO Box 412, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1BR

 

New book from a Knaphill author

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Image of Andrea CorrieLocal author Andrea Corrie has released a new book – Into the Mourning Light.

Andrea says

“Into the Mourning Light, which describes the grieving process following the loss of my 19 year old son to accidental drowning in 2005. My book is not a misery memoir, rather it is intended as a helpful and positive resource to bereaved parents and those supporting them.”

 

 
[Book synopsis from Amazon.co.uk]

The unexpected loss of a child is something that no parent can ever imagine. This book, told mainly from the maternal viewpoint, explores the tragic accidental death of a 19-year-old. Andrea Corrie gives a direct and honest account of the emotions and the practicalities of working through the shock and grief of losing James, a much loved son, stepson, brother and friend. Into the Mourning LightThe message of the book is one of hope; its intent is to leave the reader feeling optimistic for the future, not despondent about the past. The non-linear process of working through grief and sorrow is examined. The book spans the eight year transition from the dark days of early loss in 2005 to a gradual return of living in the light today. Andrea also explores some of the resources available, particularly via the internet, to those who are grieving, as well as discussing the most constructive ways to channel energies into overcoming the agonies of child bereavement. Particular attention is paid to TCF (The Compassionate Friends – a charitable organisation run by bereaved parents for bereaved parents) and the online US based group DSN (Drowning Support Network, a Yahoo group). Members of both groups, along with family and friends have contributed, sharing their own experiences. Issues specific to loss through drowning are discussed as is Andrea’s successful campaign to institute safety features at the riverside in Kingston upon Thames where her son lost his life. This book offers reassurance to anyone living with loss, demonstrating that it is possible to return to joyful, meaningful living after the death of a child. Its readership need not be limited to bereaved parents as the subject matter provides useful insight to anyone supporting those who have lost a child, as well as those in the caring professions.

Into the Mourning Light is available from Amazon in paperback and Kindle

Boundary Changes

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A lot has been written about boundary changes. There are two opportunities to learn more about the impact on Knaphill and get your views heard. On Friday 14 February there will be a display and Council Officers at The Vyne, Broadway Knaphill between 10.00am and 2.00pm. Secondly there will be an open meeting in the Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Woking on 18 February starting at 7.00pm. It is hoped that by the time of the meeting on the 18th the Council will be in a position to announced their preferred ideas.

Is Tesco actually a benefit to the village?

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Tesco KnaphillGuest post from Andy Hills (Twitter @Hillsy101)

In two surprising moves, Tesco, the new supermarket on the block, has already contributed to residents and the community of Knaphill.

A £500 donation has been organised for the Cabin youth club and the resurfacing of Fosters Lane has been paid for by the supermarket.

This is in stark contrast to both existing supermarkets in the village and to the developers now finishing off the building at 15 High Street. Co-op has been fairly innocuous in it’s business neither positively nor negatively affecting village life, whereas Sainsbury has a fairly long history with bullying the village and getting exactly what it wants.

Could this mean that Tesco, far from being the final nail in the High Street that I expected, is in fact, a positive contributor?  Please don’t get me wrong – I would have desperately preferred an independent retailer in the High Street, as I’m sure many existing retailers and residents would have, but in a mere few days Tesco has shown it is willing to support community interests whereas the others have spent years ignoring them.

Perhaps the other supermarkets could learn that supporting the community even in small ways, can help build relations. Some may refer to the new Knaphill village signs – ostensibly paid for by Sainsbury’s – but it took years and years to achieve those after long discussions and dealings. They are nice (thank you Mal, Melanie) but I can’t help feeling Sainsbury’s Brookwood Knaphill resisted when such a small expenditure would have gone a long way to build goodwill early on.

Of course, this early investment in the community from Tesco may well be it, time will tell, but I’m glad for the time being that Tesco is not being the monster it easily could have been and I genuinely appreciate the gesture from them. I am also exceptionally cautious regarding the deliveries to the store, with chaos already having been caused in the village before the store has even opened. Must write the thank you letter to WBC and Surrey Highways for the genius decisions made in this development…

Tesco opens 11th February.

 

Woking Borough Council issue an Air Quality Management Order

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On the 1st of February WBC issued an Air Quality Management Order for the area at the top of Anchor Hill. The designated area incorporates the top of Anchor Hill at the junction with Lower Guildford Road, Highclere Road and High Street. The order his been issued because of the high levels of nitrogen dioxide that has been detected over a period of years.

By issuing this order the Council have to produce a plan within 18 months. The plan should identify steps which can be implemented to try and reduce the levels of nitrogen dioxide.

Residents living in the area covered by this Order should have received a letter direct from Woking Borough Council. Full details of the Order and a Q & A page can be found at www.woking.gov.uk/airquality.

New Knaphill foot clinic to open

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I’m quite pleased to say there’s a new business opening in the village center! Sarah Johnson has sent this press release –Knaphill Foot Clinic

A brand new purpose built chiropody and podiatry clinic is opening in the heart of Knaphill in January 2014. Knaphill Foot Clinic will offer a comprehensive range of services to meet all your foot care needs, carried out by friendly fully qualified staff.

Situated above Valerie French hairdressers on Anchor Crescent, it benefits from being in a central location, next to the post office and public library and with good local transport links, free car parking and convenient bus stops. Knaphill Foot Clinic already have established links with local specialist children’s shoe shop ShuZu, as they recently ran an open morning giving customers an opportunity to speak to a podiatrist for free. Both businesses are hoping to organise more joint ventures in the future.

Knaphill Foot Clinic is owned and run by partners Sarah Johnson and Barbara Aitken, who together have over 12 years of experience, in both the NHS and private sectors and are currently working in many clinics in and around the local area. They both have BSc (Hons) degrees in Podiatry, are HCPC registered and members of The Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists. The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) make sure professionals are fully regulated and meet high standards.

Knaphill Foot Clinic aim to offer a tailor made service to meet the clients individual requirements, these include treatments for corns and calluses, dry and cracked heels, fungal infections, thickened and ingrowing toenails, verrucas, plus simply toe nail cutting. In addition to general foot health care needs, more advanced treatment options are available, such as soft tissue manipulation and joint mobilisations.

Sarah and Barbara are pleased to be joined by Angela Masson, an experienced biomechanics specialist. She will be running a specialist clinic which provides assessment and treatment of conditions associated with lower limb function. Treatment can often involve exercises, footwear advice and orthoses, which are devices you wear inside your shoe to control and realign the foot.

Sarah Johnson of Knaphill Foot Clinic says “we are delighted to be launching this brand new clinic in the centre of Knaphill for the benefit of all people in the local and surrounding areas. We are opening in the New Year and look forward to welcoming you”.

For more information or to book an appointment please telephone 01483 651231 or email info@knaphill-foot-clinic.co.uk. Bring this article with you and get a #£5 reduction on your initial foot care assessment.

# Offer available from Monday 6th Jan to Monday 3rd March 2014

A bit of burglary prevention advice

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Prompted by news of burglaries not just locally but of friends or acquaintances, I thought a few tips might be useful to property owners. There’s a link to some very good advice from a local locksmith and a couple of videos (yes one if from the U.S. but the information is relevant and doesn’t have quite such annoying music!)

Quick Google search for a local locksmith: CLICK HERE

 

Practical advice & tips:

Surrey Police: Home & Garden Security

The Lock Whisperer: Security advice

 

Videos:

 

 

Planning update 13/1/14

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NEW PLANNING DECISIONS

PLAN/2013/0193 22A High Street

Proposed demolition of existing outbuilding and replacement with a detached 3 bedroom dwelling.

This is the site at the rear of the take-away and the old library.

The application was rejected by the Planning Officer, delegated responsibility, however the owners have appealed the decision and we must await the decision of a Planning Inspector.

The appeal has been rejected and therefore the decision of WBC stands. The Planning Inspectors report can be found on WBC’s Planning Portal under the applications reference number.

Appeal reference APP/A3655/A/13/2199725

 

NEW PLANNING APPLICATIONS & APPEALS

PLAN/2013/0350 48 Lower Guildford Road

Erection of a two bedroom detached house.

The original application was rejected under delegated powers. The grounds for the rejection were on the grounds that the proposed development would result in an incongruous overdevelopment of the site in breach of CS21 and CS24 policies.

 

The applicant submitted an appeal on 12/12/2013.

 

PLAN/2013/1229 58 Chobham Road

Erection of new dwelling.

This application is for the removal of conditions imposed with the decision to permit the building of a new house. The condition relates to windows on the side elevation.

 

PLAN/2013/1235 23 Sparvell Road

Erection of two storey rear extension

 

PLAN/2013/1256 92 High Street

Erection of a two storey side and rear extension

 

PLAN/2013/1222 35 Grindstone Crescent

Insertion of a second storey window

 

 

OUTSTANDING PLANNING APPLICATIONS

PLAN/2013/0856 – Brookwood Farm

Reserved matters application for the access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of a primary school.

In December Woking Borough Council (WBC) Planning Committee deferred making a decision on the above application. One of the main reasons for deferment was due to the fact that Surrey County Council (SCC) had withdrawn a planning application for a new footpath and bridge connecting the two school buildings (more on this later in this report). There was also concern with regards general access to the school both on foot and for vehicle access. SCC had also failed to give any details on the materials to be used in the construction of the school and the Planning Officer stated in his report that if the materials are not carefully selected it could result in stark form of development within the landscape. Finally Councillors have issues with parking for parents dropping or collecting children.

 

PLAN/2013/1225 15 High Street

Application to relax condition 24 of planning permission 2010/0085 to require that only the first and second floor windows in the west elevation be obscure glazed in perpetuity except windows 1 and 3 on the approved plan.

This is yet another planning application from the developer of the old Clifton’s site. The condition in the original planning decision was added because the new building is very close to the houses in Fosters Lane and what then was HSBC bank. Woking Borough Council imposed a condition that the first and second floor windows in the east (facing the old HSBC bank) and west (facing Fosters Lane) shall be obscure glazed in perpetuity. The Council’s reason for this condition was to avoid overlooking into adjoining property.

 

PLAN/2013/0864 Brookwood Farm

New footpath and canal bridge.

This application is linked to the planning application, reported on above, for the building of a new school building on Green Belt land in Brookwood Farm. The footpath and bridge are to link the new school building to the school on Connaught Road. Surrey County Council plan for a new bridge to cross the canal, at the rear of the Connaught Road School and linked to a footpath that will go across the Country Park to the new school building on Brookwood Farm.

This application has been withdrawn by SCC. First, Natural England has raised a number of objections to the plan and secondly, local residents in Brookwood were opposed to the public footpath continuing through the school grounds and onto Connaught Road.

 

 

PLAN/2013/1081 Barnbrook Sinclair, 1 & 3 High Street, Knaphill

This is an application to gain outline planning permission to demolish the current building and build a four storey block of flats. There would be 10 flats four of which would be two bedroom flats but only 10 parking bays.

 

This building, as well as the old headquarters of Barnbrrok Sinclair, is also the home of the pet shop Pets Kingdom and PC repair A&E PC Repairs both of which will lose their premises if planning permission is granted.

 

If you go to Memory Lane, local history on the KRA web site you will be able to read some of the history of this old beautiful building.

 

PLAN/2013/0940 16 – 39 Chequer Tree Close

This application from the above residents is to change of use of open amenity land to become residential land by moving fence line.

 

PLAN/2013/1122 & 1124 Tesco’s 15 High Street

Installation of an ATM to the shop front.

The installation of 6 bollards in front of the proposed ATM and shop front.

The above two planning applications are linked. Local residents have asked if another ATM in the village is required. If Tesco’s feel that it is important for the store to have its own ATM then they have been asked to relocate it from the Fosters Lane end of the building.

 

PLAN/2013/0202 Total (now Esso) Garage, 23 High Street

Variation of condition 6 to PLAN/1985/0686

Currently the petrol station and associated shop have opening hours of 07.00 to 23.00 hrs. The application was to be allowed to open from 06.00 to midnight. In July the Planning Committee rejected this application but the owners have now lodged an appeal.

Appeal reference APP/A3655/A/13/2203626

 

PLAN/2013/0991 Alpha hospital, Rose Lodge, Barton Close

Alterations to PLAN/2012/0700

 

This application is to take account of the fact that the original plans that were approved had the construction traffic entering the site via Barton Close where after representation it was changed to direct entry from Redding Way.

 

Brookwood Farm Development

The new road, Brookwood Farm Drive is now open and is the only vehicle access to Raynes Close.

Cala Homes have taken over the old Post Office in Connaught Road and converted it into an Information Centre for the proposed housing estate at Brookwood Farm.

 

Note This report does not attempt to cover all planning issues in Knaphill. If you have any questions or points on the above please feel free to contact the KRA.

Phil Stubbs

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