Listening to the community
Following on from the community planning weekend, we will be hosting a series of exhibitions for local residents this April. These will provide an opportunity for you to discuss the plans first-hand with the team, and to feed in your thoughts on the evolving scheme ahead of a possible planning application later this year.
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Previous exhibitions
Fairoaks Garden Village Ltd is committed to working closely with the local community to bring forward the best possible proposal for the site.
Woking
Saturday, 21st April, 11am - 5pm
Woking Shopping Centre, Commercial Way, Woking GU21 6GH
Get directionsOttershaw
Monday 23rd April, 12 - 6pm
Christ Church, Guildford Road, Ottershaw, Chertsey KT16 0PB
Get directionsWoking
Chobam
Community planning
Last year the team facilitated a Community Planning Weekend to create a vision for Fairoaks Garden Village, which was reported back to the local community on 1st March 2017 at Chobham Village Hall. During the community planning process, a number of key themes emerged and set out below is how we have looked to build on these:
Open space and biodiversity
- Provision of strategic open space – SANG to assist wider area – 55 ha (137 acres)
- Countryside connectivity, access to the Green Belt and creation of a ‘super SANG’ green network
- Community food production and working land
- Habitat creation and biodiversity enhancements
- Provision of sports pitches and play areas
- Smaller scale open space in close proximity to housing - 22 ha (54 acres)
- Centrally located village green adjacent to high street, public house, primary school and older peoples housing
Housing
- 1,000 new homes
- Financially accessible housing to meet local needs and remove barriers to property ownership
- An extensive range of house types and tenure - no affordability gap
- Older persons and assisted living, including housing with on site care and pharmacy
Health and wellbeing
- Healthy living principles enshrined in the design
- Easy walking distances between housing, employment and amenities
- Pedestrian, cycle and bridle routes extending to 9km (5.8 miles)
- Play spaces and access to sport and recreation facilities
Community and village centre buildings
- Provision of multifunctional community hub facilities
- Village centre / local store / independent shops / cafe
- Gym
- Pub
- Village green
- £10 million investment in village centre building and the creation of over 90 jobs
Schools
- New 2 form entry primary school with capacity for local area
- £7 million investment in the new primary school
- £1.3 million investment in the new creche
Governance
- Community land trust for ownership, long term stewardship and reinvestment of income
- Innovative funding mechanisms for community-owned assets, responsibilities and services