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Dunsfold is a small village in Surrey, England, lying five miles south
of Godalming close to the Sussex border, with a population of just over 1,000.
The village has a thirteenth century church, a shop (with
post office), a village hall and a public house.
June 2012 marks the 60th year since the accession of Elizabeth II to the throne. Along with the rest of the country Dunsfold
will be marking this momentous occasion by celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with an event on the common on Monday 4th June. For further
details please click on the icon above.
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Dunsfold Park Ltd has lost its appeal against the refusal by Waverley Borough Council to grant a Certificate of Lawfulness under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
The Application had requested Waverley to issue a Certificate confirming that Dunsfold Aerodrome can be lawfully used, without the need for a further planning permission, for -
"…use… as an aerodrome for aviation activities, including for the start up, taxiing, engine testing, ground running, take off and landing of aircraft, without condition, restriction or limitation as to:
See the application
The Charity Tribunal Decision dated 6th December 2011 allows the Appeal against the Charity
Commission Scheme of 31st March 2011 brought by four village Appellants Alan Ground, Barrie Pople, Clare Lemieux
and Celeste Lawrence, with the support of over eighty villagers. The Tribunal has used its powers to amend the Commission's Scheme.
In explaining its decision the Tribunal thought it right to look beyond the terms of the 1957 Conveyance of
the school to the Diocese and take account of the entire history of the Charity, including the 1839 foundation
plaque, the Will of the benefactress Miss Woods, and the subsequent dealings with the property. From that history
they saw a clear intention that the school should benefit the people of Dunsfold in particular, and considered that
there should be a positive obligation on the Trustee to give preferential consideration to the provision of a school
in Dunsfold before moving on to consider the wider permitted uses provided for in the Scheme.
The amended scheme incorporates the principal amendments sought by the Appellants, namely first that if the school
is not used as a 'Church of England School for the education of children and adults or children only' it may, in preference
to other charitable uses, be used 'as a school for the education of children who are resident or whose parents are resident
in and around the parish of Dunsfold'. The alternative uses, as all parties agreed, must be consistent with the principles of
the Church of England, and the Tribunal noted that it was accepted at the hearing that a standard school curriculum could be
expected to fall within this provision.
Secondly the permitted term of a lease for such school purpose was extended by the Tribunal from 25 years in the Commission's
scheme to 125 years, the Tribunal agreeing that a lease for school use should be long enough to enable the occupier to obtain loan finance towards the capital costs.
The Appellants will now begin work on a 'formal, viable and timely proposal for use of the property as a school for
the village' (to use the Tribunal's words), such a proposal beginning with the formation of the proposed Dunsfold Village School Trust, and
will consult with the village on the way forward.
Alan Ground
See the full
Charity Tribunal Decision.
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