Mole Vallley District

The Mole Valley District seems always to be in the front line! There are always proposals coming forward for development in the sensitive urban areas of Dorking and Leatherhead, often inappropriate. Sand deposits in the district are both an asset and a liability. There is a proposal for a huge extension of an existing quarry at Brockham, presenting major conservation issues, as well as a significant threat to underground water reserves, because of the large amount of water used for washing sand.

To the south, the agreed embargo on a second runway at Gatwick expires in 2019, which already doesn’t seem far away. There will be local issues to be considered, and the effect of a second runway on global warming is bound to make this a major battle.

In the south of the District, the inclusion of a waste incineration facility at Capel in the Surrey Waste Plan was energetically fought at an Examination in Public last autumn, but to no avail. Mole Valley Group will be supporting the Capel residents in opposing the planning application.