Surbiton High School sport ground plan on green belt refused

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Surbiton.com: April 24, 2013 - 7:00am

Surbiton High School’s plans for a sports ground - four times the size of its existing facilities on green belt land in Hinchley Wood - have been refused by Elmbridge Council.

The independent school, part of the United Church Schools Foundation, currently has a 33 acre sports ground at Manor Road South. It includes an all weather hockey pitch, indoor tennis and netball courts, an athletics track and pavilion. The school submitted plans for a detached building with mezzanine, sports hall which could accommodate six badminton courts or two netball courts, fitness studios, bar area, social space and ancillary stores and changing rooms following the demolition of the existing pavilion.

Chris Fox, speaking on behalf of the objectors, said the complex was almost double the size of Waitrose in Esher.

Members of the east area planning sub-committee who attended the meeting on Monday, April 22, expressed their concerns about the plans. Councillor Janet Turner, ward councillor for Hinchley Wood and mayor of Elmbridge, said the facility would support the school and not the local area and was concerned about the whole application. Councillor Tannia Shipley said the size of the building, 56.2m in length and 45 metres wide, spoke for itself, at over four times the size of the current building. Councillor Frank Dabell moved for refusal, stating the application had not met the very special circumstances to allow the development on green belt land, due to its height, scale, mass and bulk and that it would be detrimental to the overall character of the local area. Nine members of the committee voted for refusal of the application.

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