Sainsbury’s planning application - update

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As outlined in our article in February (linked here) Sainsbury’s have submitted a full planning application to the Council for their proposed enlarged store, hotel and gym. The full application can be found on the dedicate website, here. Since the application was submitted the Council’s planning department has been scrutinising it carefully, investigating the impact […]

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Council’s refusal of back garden development in Carlton Road upheld

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The Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for two new houses in the back gardens of 16 and 18 Carlton Road has been upheld by a Government Inspector. The Planning Committee voted unanimously to refuse the application at a meeting in September 2010, despite the fact that the application was recommended for approval by the […]

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Tesco planning application refused

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At the Planning Committee last night (Wednesday 16 February) the planning application made by Tesco for a new store on the Ford garage site was refused planning permission. Further information on the application is available here, with supplementary information provided by Tesco in the the past week available on this page.

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UPDATE: Supermarket survey results, Sainsbury’s planning application, and more

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A number of things have moved on in recent days in relation to the supermarket proposals: Our survey has now closed. The results of the four main questions are summarised in the graphs at the bottom of this page, and a full report of the results is available to view at the following link: 20110216 Supermarket […]

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The Redhill supermarkets debate - have your say in our survey

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PLEASE NOTE - THE SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE RESULTS IN FULL: 20110216 Supermarket survey FINAL ALTERNATIVELY VIEW THE SUMMARY OF RESULTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE As we have highlighted in recent weeks, there are now three proposals for new or extended supermarkets in Redhill. This […]

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New Government moves quickly on local planning issues

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The new Government has made key announcements in the past few weeks which have started to shift the balance of power in local planning decisions back towards local residents. In a series of announcements the Government has: Announced that it will be abolishing the Regional Spatial Strategies, which dictate a number of aspects of local […]

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New Government fulfils promise to abolish housing targets

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Less than a week after suspending Home Information Packs and indicating that council tax will be frozen next year, the new Government has written to all local councils indicating that it will shortly legislate to abolish regional plans, including the unpopular central housing targets. This is of particularly good news to Councils int he South East, which […]

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Councillors call for planning decisions to be kept local

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Councillors are being asked for their views on the Government’s proposals for a central Infrastructure Planning Committee (IPC), that would take away current local planning powers to decide on large infrastructure projects in their area such as new runways, railways, roads or power stations. Surrey County Councillor for Redhill and Cabinet Member for the Environment […]

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