Woodcote (Epsom) Residents Society

Langley Bottom Farm -proposed residential development on Green Belt

Posted on June 23, 2025 by admin

The Langley Vale Village Hall was full for our meeting last week on the Fairfax residential development proposal on the Green Belt site at Langley Bottom Farm.

As the local residents society WERS will lead the fight against the scheme on behalf of the village alongside an action group of local volunteers. We will also be fundraising to support our campaign.

If you are a Langley Vale Resident but were unable to attend the meeting and would like more details please email us on info@woodcoteepsomresidentssociety.org including your address and we will send you the notes of last weeks meeting, future updates and information on how to get involved.

The notes from last weeks meeting have been circulated. If you were at the meeting last week and you have not received the notes please email us on info@woodcoteespomresidentsociety.org to confirm your email address and we will resend them.

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TOMORROW EVENING – Meeting of Langley Vale Residents’- 19 June 7pm – please come along if you can.

Posted on June 18, 2025 by admin

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Have your Say on the Future of Local Government in Surrey

Posted on June 18, 2025 by admin

Local Government Reform in Surrey has taken a step forward this week

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has opened the consultation asking Surrey residents, businesses, voluntary groups and local organisations to express their opinions on what would be right for the future of Surrey’s Council make-up.

The consultation is based on the two proposals for either two or three unitary councils which Surrey’s existing local authorities shared with the Government back in May.

If you would like to take part in the consultation and share your views you can do so here :

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Langley Vale residents Meeting 19th June at 7pm Langley Vale Village Hall

Posted on June 6, 2025 by admin

Langley Vale Bottom Farm proposed development site

The Fairfax housing proposal is a highly controversial scheme

WERS can advise you of the policy background to the proposal and how best to respond to Borough Council if, and when, a planning application is submitted. It is also important that we hear your views directly and answer any questions if we are able to.

WERS has therefore arranged a public meeting for local residents only in the Langley Vale Village Hall at 7pm on Thursday 19 June.

Please come along.

The Fairfax proposal is the most significant development scheme impacting on Langley Vale and its residents in decades and we need to prepare our case.

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Community consultation on proposal to develop remaining green belt land at Langley Bottom Farm

Posted on May 26, 2025 by admin

Woodcote (Epsom) Residents Society will be coordinating the views of Langley Vale residents and responding to the consultation on the proposal to develop the remaining valuable green belt land at Langley Bottom Farm.

We would emphasise that the proposal is at a very early stage and no planning application has yet been submitted.

Please contact us with your thoughts/comments on the proposal from Fairfax so that we can represent your feelings in our response by emailing us on info@woodcoteepsomresidentssociety.org

We will be at the drop-in session on 3 June and we will be in touch about next steps

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108 Rosebery Road, Epsom Surrey KT18 6AA-25/00159/FUL Application Withdrawn

Posted on May 7, 2025 by admin

We are pleased to see that the application for a change of use of this residential dwelling to a 10 person house in multiple occupation has been withdrawn.

WERS had objected on grounds of the impact on residential amenity, car parking pressures on an already congested road and unsatisfactory living conditions for proposed residents.

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Ashtead Park Garden Centre – Appeal dismissed

Posted on April 21, 2025 by admin

We are delighted that the Planning Inspector agreed with our concerns about inappropriate development in the Green Belt and dismissed the scheme.

You can find the detail here

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Sainsburys Local planning application on the site of the former Lava Lounge

Posted on April 21, 2025 by admin

25/00093/FUL

Woodcote(Epsom) Residents’ Society decided to submit comments on this application because of the traffic/parking implications if not addressed.

Woodcote (Epsom) Residents’ Society (W(E)RS) welcomes the proposal to renovate and re-use the Grade 2 Listed former Lava Lounge premises as a local convenience retail store. This will provide improved facilities for nearby residents and also serve the adjacent hospital staff and visitors.

However, W(E)RS endorses nearby resident concerns about the impact of the proposal upon local highway conditions, car parking management arrangements and increased pedestrian/vehicular conflict at the Dorking Rd/Hyland Mews junction. To that extent we fully support the reservations and request for further improvements set out in Surrey County Council Highways response.

W(E)RS would especially urge that specific measures be put in place to:
– Regulate the times of goods deliveries to minimise the times when only 9 customer car parking spaces would be available.

– Further modifications are also required at the road junction to enhance pedestrian safety from the increased number of cars turning into the car park. This is especially important with the large number of pupils who use this footway.

– Car park management measures are also required to prevent the car park being used by Rosebery School parents dropping off or collecting pupils which is a clear risk from this proposal given the existing pressures on Hyland Mews from this activity.