WAVERLEY planners have been recommended to give the go-ahead to plans for a new house and garages on land next to a controversial development site in Haslemere. Last year homes built within the grounds of Beech House, in Farnham Lane, became the centre of a dispute by residents over accusations that the planning laws had been flouted by developers. Now a new planning application in the garden of Fylindales, an adjacent property, for a large two-storey house, is set to get the go-ahead, if members of development management committee "B" agree at their meeting next week. So far 10 letters of objection have been received from nearby residents objecting to the latest plans by the same developer. Among them is that the proposed house is out of keeping and is too large, as well as concerns over traffic and other issues. But planning officers maintain that the proposed house "is in keeping with the character of the area where there are many large houses set in plots of many different sizes". In August last year, angry placard-waving residents turned out in force to protest that the Beech House homes, next to the latest proposals, had been increased in size in comparison with the original plans. The developer was later granted retrospective planning permission. While Haslemere Town Council decided not to object to the proposals, it did agree at a planning meeting last week to write to WBC over the latest controversial plans. Former mayor Jean Arrick expressed concern over access for emergency services. She said: "There will a large dwelling on a small site. Access will be atrocious." The meeting takes place at Waverley's offices in Godalming on Wednesday, March 14 at 6-30 pm.
