All over the borough/country due to recent changes in planning legislation, former office/work unit accommodation units are being turned into residential accommodation.
Why?
Because with business rates and rents rising it is now proving to be more profitable for developers to turn them into residential units.
Then along come developers, no doubt, seeking planning permission to build similar offices and shops for much needed employment, and then…..
Around and around it all goes again…
We need to retain space for business hubs, offices, interesting local shops and new ventures- otherwise Cranleigh will be nothing but a congested dormitory town…..