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| Between 2005 and 2008 residents in the Mark Way area, with the support
of friends and neighbours from Binscombe, Compton and other parts
of Godalming, have been trying to prevent large scale, but piecemeal,
flatted developments along just 100 metres of the road. This website
was set up to help residents and is currently being scaled down.
The main objections were to garden grabbing and over development by stealth; the original proposals did not address the affordable housing issue either. Apart from one flatted block that was allowed at an earlier Appeal (in 2003) as a "compromise" the residents have been successful in their aims, substantially reducing the impact on a tree-lined road that is without pavements for much of its length. We faced 16 planning applications in that time, including two that were deemed invalid by the Council. Individual residents made numerous representations to Godalming Town Council and Waverley Borough Council in that time. There were 8 Appeals to the Government Inspector and hundreds and hundreds of letters of objection were received both by Waverley and the Inspectorate. Some applications for houses have been allowed at Appeal so it is hoped that the scale will fit into the area, which is on the edge of the town and close to open countryside.
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