April 8, 2019
WHY IS WAVERLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL PLANNING TO BUILD MORE HOUSES THAN NECESSARY? On 21st February, the Council for Protection of Rural England (CPRE) and Protect Our Waverley (POW) were granted leave to appeal against the housing requirement set in…
February 22, 2019
Press Release 22nd February 2019 Download: Press release POW Feb 22 HIGH COURT CHALLENGE ON WAVERLEY’S LOCAL PLAN The fight to reduce the housing requirement for the whole of Waverley continues! On 21st February, CPRE and POW were granted leave to…
November 27, 2018
Bob Lees speaks on BBC Radio Surrey about the decision to halt campaigning on the Dunsfold Development and continue their legal challenge to reduce Waverley Borough Council's mandatory housing requirement through the Court of Appeal. [audio mp3="http://powcampaign.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BBC-Surrey-27-Nov-1.mp3"][/audio]
November 27, 2018
PRESS RELEASE Tuesday 27th November 2018 From Protect Our Waverley campaign HIGH COURT CHALLENGE ON WAVERLEY’S HOUSING NUMBERS The battle to stop the development of Dunsfold Aerodrome is over. Today POW has announced there is nothing further it can do…
November 6, 2018
Bob Lees interviewed on BBC Breakfast News Tuesday 6th November [audio mp3="http://powcampaign.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BBC-Radio-Surrey-6_11_18-1.mp3"][/audio]
November 5, 2018
On 9th and 10th October a hearing was held in the High Court in London to answer the case made against the housing requirement set in Waverley’s Local Plan Part 1 to cover Woking’s unmet need and the case against…
October 10, 2018
The second day of the hearings in the Royal Courts of Justice concluded today with Judge Lieven QC reserving judgement for a week or so. She did not give any indication as to her likely view on either cases. Once…
October 1, 2018
30th September 2018 Covering note to Waverley Borough Council CEO: Mr Horwood, you have previously requested that POW and CPRE should withdraw the s113 challenge. Attached is a letter from POW respectfully requesting WBC concede, given the latest ONS household…
September 26, 2018
NEED FOR HOUSING DRAMATICALLY FALLS IN WAVERLEY (>27%), GUILDFORD (>45%) AND WOKING (>35%) 26th September 2018 Waverley Borough Council Council Offices The Burys Godalming GU7 1HR Dear Councillor The Office of National Statistics (ONS) published new household projections on 20th…
September 24, 2018
New Office of National Statistics household figures just released show that the housing need for Waverley is much lower than previously thought - 27% less. The figures show that 3000 fewer homes are needed compared with the target imposed in Waverley…