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๐—œ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ข๐—•๐—๐—˜๐—–๐—ง

๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ/๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด

its now time to object

Firstly, a heartfelt thank you to everybody who has supported the campaign up to now, from initial meetings, individual and collective help, signing the petition and for your understanding in dealing with the massive issues that seem to be bombarding Hersham from every direction.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—  ๐—–๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—˜

The planning application (๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ/๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด) was registered by Elmbridge Borough Council on 22 March 2024 and the period of objection has now started. You may now make your objections known. Elmbridge Borough Council have requested comments by 26th ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ.

Every single objection is vital. It is important that every individual makes an objection. Any collective objection will only count as one. This is now the one off opportunity that we have been anticipating for nearly 2 years.

๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐— ๐—”๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—ง

There are three ways to object:

  1. Log on to Elmbridge Borough Council website and follow the links. A useful shortcut is https://bit.ly/Hersham-Centre-Development.ย 
  2. Click on Make a Comment and follow the simple instructions. There is plenty of space to set out your views.
  3. Email your comments to tplan@elmbridge.gov.uk emailing is useful if you wish to attach documents.
  4. Write to: The Planning Department, Elmbridge Borough Council, Civic Offices, High Street, Esher KT10 9SD

Note: The Elmbridge website is temperamental you may get no records back – if so please wait a few seconds and try and refresh the page (F5 on most browsers / โŒ˜ CMDย R on Mac.)

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

Please use your own words which should be heartfelt, even passionate, but never offensive, inflammatory, discriminatory or other such matters. Common sense must always prevail.

The developers planning application is generally as expected and there are many grounds to object. You may feel strongly about a particular issue or you may wish to make comments on all the issues. You are encouraged to say what you feel, in your own way. You may wish to consider:
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
  • The impact of the development on the character of the local area.
  • The height, mass and scale of residential blocks up to 6 storeys high affecting immediate and near neighbours, including loss of light, overshadowing, overbearance.
  • There is an over-supply of elderly living accommodation in Elmbridge.
  • The plans have zero allocation for much needed Affordable Homes
  • There is no Community Infrastructure Levy.
  • Inadequate car parking. 54 spaces for 109 units.
  • New Berry Lane totally unsuitable for traffic access. Danger to school children.
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
  • Permanent loss of 50% of the independent retail units, occupied by local successful businesses, to make way for a reconfigured and inadequate car park.
  • The future of all businesses in The Centre is now uncertain.
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๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
  • Reduction in car parking capacity from 270 to 127, including loss of Elmbridge BC car park. This revised number is inadequate for the remaining businesses and contravenes planning guidelines.
  • Most current users, including Doctors Surgery, parents and visitors to Burhill School, customers and staff of all the retail and business units in the immediate area, St Peters Church, visitors to Hersham, Hersham Riverside and The Green etc will no longer be able to park. The developers own traffic surveys confirm this.
๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐— 
This gets to the heart of the problem. In hundreds of pages of submission there is not a single word from the developers about OUR village, OUR Hersham. It is clear that the scheme will tear the village apart.
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It’s character will be lost. The developers have summed it up by always referring to us as a town centre. They miss the point completely.
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๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—  ๐—–๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—˜ | ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ง๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—š๐—˜

OBJECT NOW!

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