Dunsfold Park/ Aerodrome boss gave this interview to BBC Surrey today. Its clearly dumbfounding that the whole Local Plan is hinging on this site, yet Waverley officers HAVE NOT EVEN SPOKEN TO THEM. Dunsfold have merely returned their form like the rest of us!
BBC Surrey: Are your negotiations with Waverley amenable?
Jim McAllister: “We are not negotiating with Waverley. We Just respond to requests. We’ve submitted our views.. No doubt they will take them on board as part of their consultation”
BBC Surrey: (more incredulously) Would you prefer that they were slightly more proactive in their approach?
Jim McAllster: “I think naturally that would be helpful wouldn’t it.”
I’ve made my point, in both the Farnham Herald and Surrey Advertiser, about the consultation this week:
“After the closure of the Waverley Consultation on Housing Scenarios the Council’s web site shows a massive 83% in favour of the scenario which put 3400 houses at Dunsfold, (the maximum offered on the site in the consultation).
Patrick Haveron, Liberal Democrat spokesperson, pointed out that it also showed that 55% of respondents thought there was no scope for greenfield development outside of the main settlements, with 37% thinking there was.
“This clearly indicates to me that a majority of respondents would want 5000 houses at Dunsfold to avoid building on greenfields elsewhere (as well as enabling better infrastructure at Dunsfiold). Having carried out the consultation, Waverley should now follow through with plans which match what people have said.”