Registered Charity No. 287803
Member of the Surrey Society (Campaign to Protect Rural England)
Member of the London Green Belt Council
www.ottershawsociety.org
14 Wilson Drive
Ottershaw
Chertsey
Surrey
KT16 0NT
3rd September 2015
Planning Department
Runnymede Borough Council
Runnymede Civic Centre
Station Road
Addlestone
KT15 2AH
Dear Ms Gillian Britton Williams
re:
Outline Planning Application - RU.15/1285 - Brox End Nursery
The Ottershaw Society has over four hundred members living in and around the Parish
of Ottershaw.
Our aims are broadly to safeguard the quality of life for our members of the built and
green environment within the village and its surrounding area.
There is general concern in villages like Ottershaw over issues such as inappropriate
development, the inability of local services coping with large scale development and
road safety.
It is for these reason that the Ottershaw Society have resolved to object to the
proposed outline planning application as set out in RU.15/1285. We therefore object to
the development of Brox End Nursery, in the way currently proposed, for the following
reasons:
Committee members
Graham Mitson, Roger Pashley, Brian Williams, Trevor Young, Angela Robinson & James Robinson.
a. Our members are concerned that the local schools and doctors surgery will not be
able to cope with any significant increase in population as proposed by this
development. We believe that this will adversely affect the situation for current
residents. Have any studies been undertaken as to the available capacity in local
services?
b. Whilst we accept that this is a Green Field rather than Green Belt Site we believe the
size of the proposed development is not in keeping with the local area. It raises issues
of privacy for existing residents together with serious concerns over the protection of
wildlife.
c. Highway issues such as traffic generation, vehicular access, and highway safety are
also of serious concern. It is accepted that this proposed development will increase the
traffic entering Brox Road which is already a very busy thoroughfare. Opposite the
entrance to Brox Lane is a bus stop, and the popular Castle Public House which has
one of its car parks at the front. Brox road is also used as a short cut by traffic
travelling from Woking to Addlestone and beyond (and vice versa) which causes
increased traffic flow particularly in rush hour periods.
d. We are extremely concerned at the parking provision within the proposed
development. It is quite clear, looking at other similar developments, that the car
parking facilities for residents and visitors are woefully inadequate which would lead to
overspill parking into local roads. We strongly recommend that this issue should be
addressed prior to any decision being made.
Yours sincerely,
Brian A. Williams.
For & on behalf of the committee and members of the Ottershaw Society
Copies to:
Cllr Howard Butterfield,
Cllr Iftikhar Chaudhri
Danielle Khalique
Committee members
Graham Mitson, Roger Pashley, Brian Williams, Trevor Young, Angela Robinson & James Robinson.