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BBC News
01-07-2025
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Hersham Technology Park development plans unveiled
Initial plans build up to 300 homes on the site of a technology park in Surrey have been unveiled by Homes hopes to build approximately 190 apartments and 110 houses on the Hersham Technology Park site located on Molesey outline of the potential scheme has been submitted by the developer, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Homes has asked Elmbridge Borough Council for its view on the information it should supply for an Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposal. In May, the council agreed to progress negotiations to sell a piece of council-owned land next to the site. Although the land has not been sold yet, the Berkeley Homes has included it in the potential development could also include new public open spaces and play areas, with a green buffer maintained to the southern and western boundaries to protect the neighbouring residential documents show that while vehicle and pedestrian accesses are currently to be kept on Molesey Road there is the potential to adjust the location, including a possible new vehicular connection to councillors had said that they were considering relocating GP and library services closer to the heart of the Homes said it hopes to submit a full planning application later this year.
BBC News
23-05-2025
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Council could sell land for Hersham Technology Park homes plan
A piece of council-owned land described as "a bit like a dog's loo" could be sold to developers as part of a plan for new Homes is looking to transform Hersham Technology Park, and aims to submit a planning application this year, according to the Local Democracy Reporting members of Elmbridge Borough Council have agreed to progress negotiations to sell a triangular piece of land next to the said the land next to the office block and the Hersham bypass was not "an area of particular beauty". Councillor Caroline James said: "It's a bit like a dog's loo."Selling the land will only be signed off once Berkeley Homes has full planning permission to develop the potential benefits are subject to future discussions, the authority said they could include relocating GP and library services closer to the heart of the discussed there being "an overwhelming need" for a new doctor's surgery in Hersham and that the technology park could be a good, central location. In a public consultation only 1% of the population responded, with just over half of those objecting to the idea of selling the land to be part of the councillor John O'Reilly pointed out there was a "great anxiety and apprehension" from residents because of a "triple whammy" of planning. He listed the Hersham shopping centre development, plans for the Hersham Golf Club site for at least 200 homes, and now the technology park for up to 300 homes.
