Planning Application 2026/1902

Objection to Planning Application 2026/1902

Application to build 82 homes on Green Belt land at Burhill Kennels, Turners Lane

Elmbridge Borough Council planning reference 2026/1902, for 82 housing units on Green Belt land at Burhill Kennels, Turners Lane, Hersham KT12 4AW, has now been submitted.

This is a call to object from Positively Hersham, in association with Hersham Community Group.

The guideline deadline for objections is 16 October 2026.

Once our natural Green Belt has been allowed for housing, it can never be replaced. This land also forms part of the River Mole catchment basin and, more importantly, it already suffers from surface water flooding for many months every year.

Any objection to any previous application, no matter how recent, will not count. You must object specifically to planning application 2026/1902.

Genuine planning issues to raise

Use your own words. Generic or petition-style objections are not appropriate. Be honest, heartfelt and passionate, and stick with genuine planning issues.

The land is designated Green Belt

Houses on this site will be visually intrusive as a finger of development into the surrounding Green Belt, which is open to the west, south and east. You know this land. It is precious to Hersham, not to the developer.

The access road is a narrow country lane

Turners Lane is too narrow even for cars to pass easily and has a deep ditch to one side. It is not suitable for the increased commercial vehicles required for housing estates. The access road is even narrower than the requirement for roads within the housing site itself.

Surface water drainage

Every year parts of the site are under water, often for lengthy periods. The water table is such that development cannot sustain the infrastructure required to deal with surface water, which will also have a direct detrimental effect on adjoining land that also floods every year. Existing drains will not cope.

The site is locationally unsustainable

It is further from local facilities and amenities, schools and railway stations than official guidelines recommend for new developments. One daytime bus per hour does not satisfy the rules for inclusive non-car travel.

Loss of employment and volunteering opportunities

Contrary to the submitted statements, there will be a loss of many jobs, as well as numerous volunteering and therapy opportunities.

The cumulative position

These issues are even more relevant bearing in mind the application on adjoining land for a further 62 residential units under reference 2026/0447. Positively Hersham describe the combined effect as a total of 150 units in this location, which is entirely inappropriate without proper infrastructure.

There are 3 ways to object

Always quoting reference “2026/1902” and including your name, address and contact details:

• On-line: by logging onto the EBC planning portal
• Email: tplan@elmbridge.gov.uk
• Write: Planning Department, Elmbridge Borough Council, Civic Offices, High Street, Esher, KT10 9SD

Please make your feelings known. Mention anything you feel is relevant, particularly if you know this land and have seen it flood.

The application should be refused.