Twenty-Four Chicanes and 20mph Proposed for Long Reach
Published: 21 August 2023
IMPORTANT – YOU NEED TO READ AND RESPOND TO THIS
TWENTY-FOUR CHICANES AND 20 MPH SPEED LIMIT PROPOSED FOR LONG REACH AS PART OF WISLEY DEVELOPMENT (22/P/01175)
You may not be aware that under new proposals for traffic management associated with their application to develop Wisley Airfield, Taylor Wimpey are seeking to install 24 (yes 24!) chicanes along Long Reach, and to reduce the speed limit to 20 mph in order to effectively convert it into a cycle path from the 2100 new homes proposed at Wisley to the Horsleys.
In addition, each chicane would have to have a streetlamp – in direct conflict with our ‘dark skies’ policy – and, amongst other complications and inconveniences to residents, would make the parking of cars for visitors to the football field and tennis court virtually impossible, as well as the obvious difficulty and danger of motor vehicles weaving in and out of the road to avoid cyclists and pedestrians.
Plans and details can be accessed at the Guildford Borough Council Planning Department website under reference no 22/P/01175, section 109.
Should you wish to register your objection, which the Parish Council would strongly urge residents to do, you are entitled to do so before the hearing begins on Tuesday 26th September. Please make sure your objections are received by Sunday 10th September so that the inspector can read them.
The relevant link to submit your objection is: https://publicaccess.guildford.gov.uk/online-applications//login.jsp
If you use this link you will need to already have registered an account on the Guildford Planning Portal or to register such an account with Guildford Borough Council. This option is given when you use the above link. If you do not wish to register an account on the Planning Portal, you can send an email to planningenquiries@guildford.gov.uk, putting 22/P/01175 as the subject of your email. The only difference is that email responses take longer to be loaded onto the Planning Portal.