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The Parish Council is an elected body responsible for maintenance and other matters in the Parish of
Dunsfold. In particular it works in conjunction with The Friends of Dunsfold Common (a Registered Charity)
as a Commons Committee to arrange the maintenance of the Common and to report problems to the appropriate
local authority. The Council has a right to comment on planning applications submitted for approval to
Waverley Borough Council relating to properties within the Parish. It meets six times a year in the Nugent Room at the Winn Hall
and meetings are usually on a Monday starting at 7.30pm. The May meeting in the Winn Hall is the Annual Parish Assembly
and AGM at which the officers for the year are elected. The Council schedules a planning meeting in between the
bi-monthly meetings in case consideration is required on planning matters during the two month gap. The Council
is also Trustee owner of King George V Playing Field which is administered on its behalf by the KGV Management
Committee.
Notices of meetings are placed on the Parish Notice Board outside the hall, and members of the public are
welcome to attend. Time is set aside at each meeting to receive questions from the General Public, generally
at about 8.30pm.
The Council is funded by a Precept received from Waverley Borough Council as part of the Council Tax. It
provides support to Parish projects of common interest to the community.
The Clerk to the Council is Lynne Enticknap, who has day to day responsibility for the administration of
its affairs. Letters and queries should be addressed to her at Sethern, Rams Lane, Dunsfold, GU8 4NR; telephone 01483 200532.
The Council members are elected for a four year period (last elected in May 2007) in accordance with Local
Government procedures. The current members are:
The 'Big Debate' on Waverley Borough Council's future housing requirement
Waverley are working out how it should plan to deliver the likely new housing requirement for the next 15 - 20 years. The Parish
Council has attended Waverley Forums and Cluster meetings of towns and Parishes at which the options have been discussed and members of
the public are encouraged to participate in "The Big Debate" of which details are available on Waverley's website.
The Secretary of State's draft changes to the draft South East Plan (which are themselves subject to public consultation up to 24th October) require
Waverley to plan to ensure the delivery of a minimum annual average of 250 additional dwellings in the period 2006 to 2026.
The 'big debate' focuses on where these houses should go and the options identified by Waverley are:-
Waverley would like you all to take part in the Survey, choosing your options (it could be more than one) and giving reasons for your choice.
Dunsfold Park New Town Application WA/2008/0788
The Waverley Briefing meeting and Decision meeting are now respectively fixed for 3rd and 17th September.We will be amongst the Parish Councils
who have a 3 minute speaking slot at these meetings. The delay in fixing them is to allow more time for the Statutory Consultees such as Surrey
Highways to consider and make available their comments. The Waverley website contains all the submissions received on the application including
those from local Councils, Councils as far afield as Chichester, from the South East England Development Agency,the South East England Regional
Assembly and the CPRE. There is very little comfort for the Applicant in any of those submissions. The Government of the South East has informed
Waverley that they can only reject the Application which means that it will go to a public Inquiry unless there is no appeal or the application is withdrawn.
School Buildings - Secretary of State's decision
The Diocese applied in October 2006 for a section 554 order announcing that they intended if granted to place the building on the open market. During the
ensuing 21 months 75 villagers and the Parish Council have objected to the proposed order and complied twice with 30 day deadlines for comment by the SOS
the last one earlier this year. It is regrettable that deadlines have not been imposed on any one else in the process. The SOS said this Spring that the
consultation process was at an end and a decision could be expected this summer. Last week we enquired of the SOS office when the decision might be expected
and was told that the case was with their legal advisors and Secretary of State. They hoped to get a decision soon, but could not advise when. The latest
information is that the decision is imminent. The decision will remove the current legal uncertainty about the status of the buildings and enable discussions to resume on their future.
New Village Notice Board
The new village notice Board outside the Village Stores arrived the day before the village fete, and was provided by the Parish Council with the help of a grant from the SCC Community Fund.
Dunsfold Red Phone Box
Waverley accepted the Parish Council's case for vetoing BT's wish to remove this box. The Box will therefore remain and we are submitting suggestions on its tidying up.
State of Dunsfold's roads - Community Highways
At a recent meeting of the Towns and Parishes at Waverley the new Surrey County Council Local Highways Manager referred to the Community Highways Officers (CHOs) appointed
for each area, and the budget agreed to repair local roads. Our CHO (for Cranleigh and Eastern villages) is Mr Dan Payne. The Parish Council will be meeting him after
identifying through the Commons Working Party a list of our road maintenance requirements and priorities. If you want to make suggestions for this list please inform
our Clerk Lynne Enticknap at Sethern, Rams Lane, Dunsfold GU8 4NR.
Next Parish Council meeting: Monday 15th September, Nugent Room, 7.30 pm. All welcome.
Alan Ground 20.07.08
Link to Godalming Town
Council's website
Link to Guildford Borough
Council's website
Link to Surrey County
Council's website
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