Development Control - 27 September

Just a few comments:

Item 2 - The Drive, Cheam

Is anyone really going to notice the difference with this planning application in South Cheam? I mean we are still getting two 5 bedroon houses on this plot. Hardly overdevelopment! The strongest objection seems to be the garages look the same. Laughable really!

Item 3 - Langley Avenue, Worcester Park

I suspect we will quite a few more planning applications like this as there are many houses in the Worcester Park Area with similarly long gardens. As more Councillors argue for even more of the borough to be Areas of Special Local Character (ASLC) it is areas like this that don't qualify that will come under even more pressure. Some Tory Councillors will have to remember they still need to win three more wards for a clear majority, so in effect arguing for more development in those sort of wards through protecting their current wards is not a good electoral policy in the long-run. Maybe Mr Willis and Mr Andrews will calm them down.