SUGGESTED sites in and around Haslemere suggested for the 11,000 houses Waverley is required to allow to be built by 2032, have been sent for public consultation.

Local Plan Part Two containing site allocations and Waverley’s guiding development management policies went ‘live’ for feedback last Friday – the consultation continues until Monday, July 9.

More than 15 sites in Haslemere and Hindhead have been identified in the planning blueprint as suitable locations for at least 680 new homes.

Wey Hill Fairground car park, which Waverley wants to de-register as common land in order to introduce pay and display, is allocated 50 houses in part two.

The town’s localism group Haslemere Vision has already proposed a ‘Wow Hill’ piazza-style mixed use retail and residential there.

If the car park proposals go ahead, however, no development is likely on site until the borough council recoups the money spent on formalising parking.

Land at Red Court Manor in Scotland Lane, has been allocated 50 houses and is currently up for sale at £4.5million.

The manor house designed by Ernest Newton is set in 15 acres of grounds.

The Forestry Commission is looking into complaints by neighbours that recent tree clearance works might not have had the necessary permissions.

Waverley referred their objections to the authority but said none of the trees affected were protected.

A question mark hangs over the suitability of a site in Wey Hill identified as suitable for 45 homes.

A planning application to build 45 apartments on land between the railway bridge and Majestic Wine warehouse due to be heard by Waverley’s joint planning committee in May was withdrawn because the way in which the suitable alternative green space was processed by the council to enable the development to go ahead, could contravene a new EU habitats directive.

Borough councillor Robert Knowles has already objected to the allocation of 30 houses to a key site behind Waitrose, because the area includes Haslemere Fire Station, raising fears the town might lose its vital facility.

Mr Knowles also objected to the inclusion of Nos. 38 and 40 Petworth Road for 20 houses, following the recent decision by a planning inspector dismissing an appeal to build 23 luxury retirement homes there.

The ‘Youth Campus’ in Wey Hill, which is home to Scouts, Guides, Haslemere Air Training Corps, St John Ambulance and a nursery school, has been allocated for 31 houses. Waverley has said it is working with the organisations based there to find suitable alternative accommodation but has not yet confirmed what the arrangements will be.

The council adopted part one of the new Local Plan in February, which sets out the overall strategy for development in the borough up to 2032 and contains key strategic policies, including the number of new homes to be provided in Waverley and their broad distribution.

The second part contains the policies that will direct planning application decisions.

It will also allocate sites for housing in parts of the borough without a neighbourhood plan in order to meet its housing targets, the settlement boundaries for villages and towns, local landscape designations, and a new suite of policies against which planning applications will be determined.

Waverley’s planning portfolio holder councillor Chris Storey said: “Waverley is one of the best places in the UK to live and work.

“But that doesn’t mean we should sit back and relax. We need to think about being a sustainable borough, where people of all ages want to, and can, continue to live and work.

“The council is interested in hearing the views of all our residents to help guide and shape the future of our beautiful borough and I would encourage everyone to take the time and to get involved.”

•Consultation events will be held at The Chichester Hall, Petworth Road, Witley, on Wednesday, June 13, from 2.30-7.30pm and at Haslewey Community Centre, on Tuesday, June 19, June from 2.30-7.30pm. To view and respond to part 2, go to: www.waverley.gov.uk/LPP2

You can also email comments to [email protected].

Printed copies are available from Waverley Borough Council offices, The Burys, Godalming, and at locality offices and public libraries across the borough.