Consultation begins on next stage of Reigate & Banstead’s local plan - have your say

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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has announced the start of a consultation on the next part of its local plan, the Development Management Plan, and is urging residents, businesses and workers in the borough to have their say. The ten week consultation will run from Monday 1 August to 5pm on Monday 10 October 2016. […]

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Honeycrock Farm contempt of court hearing outcome

Following Mr Fidler’s failure to comply with the outstanding enforcement notices and Injunction Order in effect as a result of the Secretary of State’s decision effectively requiring demolition of the unauthorised house and associated structures, the Council lodged a claim for contempt of court proceedings. After Mr Fidler failed to attend the original hearing listed […]

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Borough Council’s latest Local Plan newsletter published

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The following newsletter provides a brief update on the status of the new local planning framework, following the approval of the main Core Strategy document earlier in the year. The next main stage is the discussion of Development Management Policies (DMPs), which translate the Core Strategy into detailed policies for each part of the Borough […]

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Crispin Blunt MP and Council Leader welcome adoption of local planning Core Strategy

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Following the adoption of the Reigate and Banstead Borough Council’s Core Strategy on Thursday evening, and the endorsement by full council of the Executive’s qualifying resolution committing the Council to continued protection of the Green Belt, MP for Reigate Crispin Blunt and the Leader of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, Cllr Victor Broad, issued the […]

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Crispin Blunt and Cllr Mark Brunt hold constructive meeting with Planning Minister over Core Strategy

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Reigate MP, Crispin Blunt, and the Chairman of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council’s Planning Committee, Cllr Mark Brunt, have today met with the planning minister, Nick Boles, and the Chief Planner for England, Steve Quartermain, in Westminster to discuss options available to the Council to further protect green belt in the borough through its Core […]

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Crispin Blunt lodges formal objection to hard runway at Redhill Aerodrome

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Reigate MP, Crispin Blunt, has lodged his formal opposition to the planning application for a hard runway at Redhill Aerodrome with the Planning Inspectorate. In a joint letter with East Surrey MP, Sam Gyimah, Crispin Blunt submitted his written response to the Planning Inspector ahead of the planning appeal in January 2014. In the letter, […]

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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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