Draft Settlement Investment and Development (ID) Plans-Esher
Esher Police Station
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Address
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DEV/ESH5 | 113 High Street | |
Settlement area
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Existing use
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Site area (ha)
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Esher
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Police Station |
0.21
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Planning constraints
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Ownership
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Delivery
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District Centre; Opposite Conservation Area and adjacent to Locally Listed Building
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Public – Surrey Police |
1 to 5 years
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Description
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The site includes the two/three storey police station building and hardstanding for car parking. It is located within the Esher Town Centre boundary and opposite the Esher Conservation Area boundary. The existing access is onto High Street/Portsmouth Road (A307). The site slopes down towards the road, hence the existing building occupies a relatively elevated position.
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Background
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Options
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Option A – Allocate for development with the potential to deliver up to 21 dwellings
Option B – Allocate for mixed use development with the potential to deliver up to 15 dwellings with an appropriate town centre use on the ground floor
Option C – Allocate for a mixed use development with the potential to deliver up to 15 dwellings with a community use on the ground floor
Option D – Do not allocate (as existing)
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Preferred option
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Allocate for a mixed use development with the potential to deliver up to 15 dwellings with an appropriate town centre or community use on the ground floor, depending on whether any other public service provider comes forward with an interest in occupying the development. | ||
Comments
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The site is in a sustainable town centre location and offers the potential for a relatively high density development. There is clearly potential to provide a mix of uses (including sheltered accommodation for older people) and community or town centre uses on this site. It has been made clear that the property is surplus to the requirements of Surrey Police however any redevelopment to any alternative use would need to ensure there is no alternative social or community use required for the area that could be delivered on this site. The Police have already undertaken some marketing of this site for community uses.
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Development considerations
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What you have told us so far
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Considered at workshop to have potential for residential development, in particular for either affordable housing or sheltered accommodation
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