The RRA have been made aware of surveying currently being undertaken to the farmland in Rectory Park/Mitchley Hill. The RRA do not know what this is about. The surveyors when questioned by the resident as to the purpose of their visits, gave no indication as to what they were doing, or who they were working for, but that they are there to conduct a survey.
We know the land was up for sale by Wineham’s with any offers due in by end of September (see below), so it could be a prospective purchaser and/or new land owner having a survey done.
The land is Metropolitan Green Belt. The owners (or anyone else) are perfectly entitled to submit a planning application (if that is why they are surveying) but the Government, from what has been said lately, are committed in protecting Green Belt land. We may hear more about this tomorrow in the budget. We can only wait and see.
The RRA have made the Sanderstead Ward Councillors and our MP aware of this latest development and this is a response from Chris Philp MP, dated 21 November 2017.