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…
September 19, 2018
Today Waverley Borough Council issued a press release. It is misleading in that implies the case is halted. The fact is the two cases are still proceeding to court next month to be fought on the grounds accepted by the…
September 13, 2018
This is the reply from Tom Horwood 12th September From: Tom Horwood <Tom.Horwood@waverley.gov.uk> Subject: RE: Reply to WBC regarding Open Letter Regarding use of Council Funds Date: 12 September 2018 at 10:40:51 BST To: 'powcampaign' <bob@powcampaign.org> Cc: John Gray <John.Gray@waverley.gov.uk>,…
September 1, 2018
WBC's Chief Exec. Tom Horwood has now responded to the Open Letter from POW: Original Open Letter 29th August 2018: For the attention of Mr Tom Horwood, Chief Executive Dear Mr Horwood Open Letter to Waverley Borough Council (WBC) regarding the…
August 31, 2018
Here is the open letter from POW to Tom Horwood, Waverley Borough Council Chief Executive. Waverley Borough Council Council Offces The Burys Godalming GU7 1HR For the attention of Mr Tom Horwood, Chief Executive Dear Mr Horwood 29th August 2018…
July 28, 2018
Why is CIL important? CIL is a vital new tool put at a local authority’s disposal in order to raise committed financial contributions from developers to help fund essential shared infrastructure across a planning area – in this case, across…