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International Feeding Frenzy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS-pOYI1BB8&list=PLIFMADY9FQm6DmUJ-mPg36XcXIO46UVzZ&feature=player_embedded. International Feeding Frenzy. Our Green Belt – an international speculative commodity How is this happening?. MVDC Consultation. Direct result of Green Belt review process

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International Feeding Frenzy

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  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS-pOYI1BB8&list=PLIFMADY9FQm6DmUJ-mPg36XcXIO46UVzZ&feature=player_embeddedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS-pOYI1BB8&list=PLIFMADY9FQm6DmUJ-mPg36XcXIO46UVzZ&feature=player_embedded

  2. International Feeding Frenzy Our Green Belt – an international speculative commodity How is this happening?

  3. MVDC Consultation • Direct result of Green Belt review process • Not just in Mole Valley • Site vs site – beauty contest • Least popular loses…. • Developer/landowner wins • Epsom Downs land on sale in Hong Kong • On basis 600% return possible How can we win?? We have no silver bullet

  4. MVDC Consultation What do we need to do to win? Focus development away from Green Belt How can this be achieved? Need to change minds • Of council officers and executives • Of councillors • Of national politicians Cannot all be done via consultation process

  5. MVDC Consultation Changing minds in MVDC • Need to have high number of responses • Need high quality responses • Must go beyond MVDC criteria • Look for flaws in MVDC core strategy • Policy CS1 spatial strategy • Claim that infrastructure is best in towns • No analysis of resources available • Question built environment vs Green Belt

  6. MVDC Housing Policy Protect built environment …. protect this….

  7. MVDC Housing Policy …. by building on this

  8. MVDC Housing Policy Protect this…..

  9. MVDC Housing Policy …by building on this….

  10. Use Brownfield Sites Use car parks Affordable housing MVDC “donate” Self build units

  11. Use Brownfield Sites 25 x 33 m apartment complex 3 floors (4?) underground parking ( 1 level) Per floor 1 x 2 bedrooms, 3 x 1 bedroom Build cost £1.4 million; market prices £2.2 million

  12. Some Statistics - Mole Valley • Retail premises floor area – 12.2 ha • 10% will close by 2016 • Another 10% by 2026? • Provides premises for conversion • Office premises floor area - 27.1 ha • 15% to close by 2026? • Provides premises for conversion • Factory and warehouse floor area – 22.3 ha • Future? Source: Neighbourhood Statistics, ONS

  13. Bookham & Effingham Sites MVDC claim 0.2% of Green Belt needed Not in Bookham – more than 70% has been put forward

  14. Opinion Poll – Bookham Vision • Survey in 2009 to entire village • Included question about Green Built • 3,326 forms returned, 68% response rate • 77% no development on Green Belt • 16% favoured development on Green Belt Largest recent poll in Mole Valley Must find a way to inspire this opposition

  15. Drop in Meeting Little Bookham Hall, Saturday February 8th • Objective - encourage responses • Delivered 2,000 leaflets to publicise • Explain how to respond • Table for each site or cluster of sites • Highlight some issues for each • Will not be ready – ask for help • Repeat one more time • Need a team to do this

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