Cobham Road Solar Farm
The dates for the Cobham Road Solar Farm planning appeal have been announced and there is very little time for residents to submit new written representations as submissions must be in by November 18th. The background to the appeal is that last April, Mole Valley Councillors voted to refuse plans to install multiple arrays of…
Read MoreStop The Paddocks – Final Deadline for Comments
As expected additional information has now been submitted by the developer and can be accessed on the Elmbridge Planning Portal. The additional documents can be found under Plans and Documents – Supporting Documents and are all dated 28/10/2025. The deadline for further comments to be submitted is now the 2nd December 2025. All our 1076…
Read MoreAnnual General Meeting on Tuesday 28th October 2025
All are welcome. Thursday 28th October 2025 at 8pm in the Stoke D’Abernon Village Hall. We will be welcoming the director of Painshill Park, the renowned 18th century landscape garden on our doorstep in Cobham. We also look forward to hearing from the chair of governors at Parkside School about the challenges facing the private school…
Read MoreThe Paddocks: Summary of Key Issues
We have produced this infographic highlighting the key issues with the Paddocks development, it is also available to download here. The key issues summarised are: 1 1072 Objections – As of 28/8/25 there have been 1072 objections and only 3 letters of support for this Outline Application 2 Scale, Height, Location & Form – are…
Read MoreElmbridge BC Planning Committee Councillors
As per our recent email update providing an update on the status of The Paddocks application, we are asking residents to lobby their local Councillors and those on the planning committee. They are your elected representatives and a list of those on the Planning Committee can be found below. Councillor Ward Email Councillor Barry Cheyne…
Read MoreFormal Objection Report to Outline Planning Application
We have included the Executive Summary and Introduction from the formal objection report from the Stoke D’Abernon Residents’ Association below. You can download a copy of the full 63-page report by clicking the button below. Note this is a 11.9MB PDF file. Outline Planning Application: Land at The Paddocks, Blundel Lane, Stoke D’Abernon 2025/1097 Submitted…
Read MoreThe Paddocks Key Issues Summary
The following issues are intended to help residents with their deliberations when considering the issues associated with the site. They are not meant to be exhaustive and indeed should be used with your own views and in your own words when submitting objections. 1 The land is in the Green Belt “Poor quality” Green Belt…
Read MoreShetland Pony Club TV – Save The Ranch
Shetland Pony Club, the award-winning kids riding school in Cobham for children ages 3 – 10 year old, recently shared the video below with over 6500 people. The riding school and the 100s of young children that visit would be severely impacted by The Paddocks development given this green belt land is on the opposite…
Read MoreThe Paddocks on BBC Radio Surrey
Surrey County Councillor David Lewis was interviewed on BBC Radio Surrey this morning about The Paddocks development. We have included a few key excepts below, as well as the full interview for those that are interested. 1 Village history & impact “ We go back to the Doomsday book. We have the oldest church in Surrey…
Read MoreSDRA AGM Presentation on The Paddocks
This presentation was given by Sue Prentice at the Stoke D’Abernon Residents’ Association AGM on 27th May 2025. You can download the PDF file below, or view all the content on this page. 1 Say NO to 250 New Homes on Blundel Lane 2 Say NO to 250 New Homes on Blundel Lane 3 Say NO…
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