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Archives for November 2014

School buys local Green Belt land

Aerial photo of St Georges Junior Land Purchase

St George’s Junior land purchase (in red)

St George’s Junior School has completed the purchase of the adjacent Green Belt land at Greenlands Farm — part of the remaining riverside farmland between Weybridge and Walton — which had been offered for sale as a ‘strategic development opportunity‘.

Ownership by the school looks to be a significantly better outcome, in terms of impact on our local community,  than the land being sold to a property developer or to someone interested in extracting the underlying mineral aggregate.

For the immediate future, the land will remain as grazing land.

St George’s has provided information about their new acquisition, and an informative set of answers to frequently asked questions. Download the details of the land purchase here.  While the extra land adds substantially to the estate of the school, the land purchase “is not expected to increase pupil numbers”.

The purchase includes the road leading to the Weybridge Health Club, and the lane linking to the school. This opens up possibilities for an additional access route to the school. The purchase also includes the source of the Engine River and a length of Broadwater, adjacent to the gardens of houses in Greenlands Road.

Morrisons feature at 2014 PP&DRA AGM

apple-touch-icon-152x152The big new Morrisons store in Weybridge — the largest retail development the town centre has seen — provoked lively discussion at the 2014 Portmore Park & District RA AGM on 13 November.  The manager of the new store, Gary Hunt, took part in a very useful Q&A session, and provided some reassurance about how the store would respond to issues that may arise.  The meeting was attended by over 50 local residents, some with strong concerns  about the impact on local parking and traffic, given the relatively modest size of the car park and the lack of provision for staff parking, and the issue of abandoned trolleys.

Local councillors for Weybridge,  Surrey County Councillor Christian Mahne, and Elmbridge Borough Councillor Andrew Davis (Weybridge North) also attended the meeting, and answered questions on matters  that are the responsibility of the Councils.

Other topics covered on the AGM agenda included findings from local traffic flow surveys conducted by PP&DRA.

A new committee for 2015 was elected.

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