Last night Guildford Borough Council decided to forge ahead with its plans to join Guildford with Godalming putting almost 500 homes on the boroughs’ borders at Aaron’s Hill.
You can read the complete report that was considered by Guildford BC’s Executive when it agreed to waive the call-in procedure and agree to the inclusion in the Local Plan to allow Ashill to build 200+ homes adjacent to the 263+ planned by ‘Your Waverley’ on the green belt boundary between the towns “immediately.’
But new Liberal Democrat Councillor Paul Follows questioned the Guildford Executive’s decision asking how the extra burden of traffic and services on Godalming would be dealt with? It’s the same field – but half the residents would not get ANY services from Godalming!!!! Guildford will provide!
WW wonders why the Conservative councillors, supposedly serving their electors in Godalming are silent on the subject? Surely such an important strategic green belt site in the countryside that is now ‘an urban extension to Godalming’, must be of some concern to them too?
WW has heard that other than Councillor Follows and residents of his ward NOBODY, yes, NOBODY from Waverley attended. Not attending another boroughs executive when it’s this important?
Also, Cllr Tony Rooth, IND (former Tory, Pilgrims Ward) had a crack at suggesting that the Aaron’s Hill bit be shelved but he was immediately trodden on from a great height by Guildford BC’s chairperson and his successor as leader. But full marks to him for having a go.
The ‘masterplanning’ bit was obviously a total nonsense. Clearly, a full site plan exists.
Let’s read that second answer from Guildford again: “We do not envisage that these homes will rely on services provided by Waverley Borough Council, which Guildford Borough Council would normally provide” And presumably not rely on any services from Godalming Town Council either?
• Will they be banned from the Wilfrid Noyce?
• Will they be excluded from the Godalming cemetery next door?
• Will they be uninvited to Godalming Farmers markets?!
• Will all the residents be shopping and parking in Shackleford (whose Parish they are now in)?!
It’s not as easy as Guildford Councillors are suggesting! What’s more, they know it, Waverley planners know it, and WE KNOW KNOW IT DON”T WE? Because more and more people are reading the Waverley Web!
Hi, all the time local & county councils use the DELPHI technique to get CONSENSUS in their meetings the ones that will loose are the opponents of whatever the notion is of that meeting.
This Rand corporation mind control technique has been used for years to snub opposition to any project or buisiness that a body of people be they councils, national government or businesses large or small use to control the narrative & outcome to any project that those people want to favor their own agenda. Surrey C.C & Waverley B.C. are experts at Delphi techniques in all their dealings. I suggest that any interested parties study the technique as it can be defeated if you understand how it works. It takes a good intellect but it’s not impossible to do & you have to think in reverse to make them look foolish in their ‘groupspeak’ leftie idiocracy that they are
I intensely dislike these people & what they are doing is reducing us all into sheep that have no say in anything. Surrey & Waverley should have a new logo or flag…..the hammer & sickle!
Keith