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RU.03/0053 Date reg: 21/01/2003 Ward OUTSIDE BOUNDARIES LOCATION: PROPOSAL: TYPE: APPLICANT: CENTRAL AREA & PART OF INDUSTRIAL PARK, SOPWITH DRIVE, BROOKLANDS, WEYBRIDGE DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS, REMOVAL OF PART RUNWAY, ERECTION OF HERITAGE/TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, DRIVING CIRCUIT, HOTEL, BUSINESS (CLASS B1) BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING, ACCESS ROAD, RECREATIONAL PARK AND RIVERSIDE WALKS CONSULTATION BY ADJ. AUTHORITY Daimler Chrysler UK Retail Ltd Local Plan: Elmbridge Borough Local Plan (August 2000) 1. Introduction 1.1 This is a consultation by Elmbridge Borough Council seeking the Committee’s formal views, as a neighbouring Authority, on an outline proposal for the development of the Central Area of Brooklands. 2. Site 2.1 The Central Area of Brooklands comprises the former British Aerospace runway together with parts of the remaining historic racing track. It is bounded on the east by the River Wey, to the south by residential development, to the west by the Brooklands Industrial Park and Sopwith Drive and to the north by the embankment of the London-Portsmouth railway line which also marks the administrative boundary of Runnymede. 2.2 The Central Area lies within the Green Belt and also in an area liable to flood. The current application site which extends over some 60ha and in addition to the Central Area includes a triangular piece of land in the northwest corner adjacent to the Brooklands Industrial Park which is within the urban area (employment use) as defined in the Elmbridge Local Plan. 2.3 The whole site is also within the Brooklands Conservation Area. 2.4 The means of access to Brooklands on the western side is via the A318. This access connects through Brooklands to the B374 on the eastern side and the A245 to the south. The A318 enters the Borough under the single arch railway bridge at Byfleet and New Haw station. The A318 runs northwards crossing the Wey Navigation at the junction with Woodham Lane (B385) and continues north through the centre of Addlestone to Addlestone Moor where it connects with the A317, the feeder road leading to Junction 11 of the M25. 2.5 The Central Area has a wide variety of uses, many of which are understood to be unauthorised. The more significant uses include a Sunday Market, a motor bike training compound, a Kart racing circuit and the open storage of vehicles. 3. History
3.1 Brooklands has a long and complex planning history upon which this Council has made formal representations from time to time when it appeared that proposed developments would adversely affect the Borough. Such has been the case with the various schemes for the redevelopment of the Central Area, including proposals in 1990 for a business park of some 65,000m 2 (700,000 sq ft). 3.2 The Committee objected strongly to that 1990 proposal on the grounds of the Green Belt, employment and housing policy issues and the problems of traffic generation. 3.3 The application was subsequently dismissed on appeal following a Public Inquiry at which the Council gave evidence. 3.4 The Brooklands Local Plan First Alteration 1992 finally confirmed the Central Area within the approved Green Belt, following a Local Plan Inquiry and a High Court challenge. The relevant Local Plan is now the Elmbridge Borough Local Plan which was adopted in August 2000. 3.5 In 1998 the Council was consulted on a proposal for the erection of a 60 bed hotel (2,323m 2 ), restaurant (325 m 2 ), offices (2,787 m 2 ) and tennis centre (790 m 2 ) - with associated recreational open space, landscaping and flood compensation works, following demolition of the Air Hanson building (RU.98/0455). The Committee at its meeting in June 1998 raised no objections subject to the applicants entering into an appropriate agreement to secure the remainder of the Central Area (outside the proposed built development) as open land and to preclude its possible future development. In addition, the Committee expressed the need for very careful consideration to be given to the proposed improvements to the River Wey and in particular the safety aspects as the river here (and through Runnymede) is very fast flowing. 4. The Proposals 4.1 This is an outline application by Daimler Chrysler UK Retail Ltd for the demolition of some existing structures and removal of part of the runway, the construction of a Mercedes Heritage and Technology Centre (of 8,500 m 2 footprint) with driving circuit, an 80 bed hotel, Class B1 offices development (of 3,690 m 2 footprint), the formation of a new access road, provision of a recreational park with riverside walks and parking for all uses. There would additionally be flood compensation works, clearance of unauthorised uses and fly-tipping and extensive car parking and landscaping. 4.2 The Heritage and Technology Centre (HTC) would comprise a range of facilities associated with Mercedes Benz cars, including sales and servicing, a ‘driver experience facility’, provision for corporate events, heritage and technology exhibition space and space for public events and catering. 4.3 The application lists the following elements: • the construction of a Heritage and Technology (HTC) building; • the construction of driving experience circuit;
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