Caterham on the Hill Parish Council is asking residents to comment urgently on the Draft Local Plan (DLP) consultation that runs until 10^th September.

Councillor Jeremy Webster, Chair of the Parish Council said, ‘Councillors consider the Local Plan to be unsound and are extremely concerned that it threatens our green belt, the future of the Douglas Brunton Centre, the Chaldon Road recycling centre and possibly other public facilities in our Parish. Although this consultation should only be on compliance and soundness of the DLP the fact that much of its content and policies are new means that a full public consultation should be undertaken.’

At the Parish Council meeting on 29^th August residents complained that the Ward ‘Fact Sheets’ had not been delivered to several roads and that there were errors of fact and misleading descriptions in the Local Plan.  There was a strong view that Caterham on the Hill does not have the necessary infrastructure having already taken a disproportionate share of development.

A full response by the Parish Council to the Draft Local Plan is available on their website at www.caterhamhillparishcouncil.co.uk

Responses can be made on any part of the Draft Local Plan, either directly through the Tandridge Council Local Plan website portal, by emailing: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or by writing to: Local Plan Consultation 2018, Tandridge District Council, 8 Station Road East, Oxted RH8 0BT. 
Copies of the Draft Plan are in the Caterham Hill and Valley Libraries, and all the documents are online at www.tandridge.gov.uk > Local Plan.