Police access road at Surrey County Constabulary Police Headquarters Mount Browne, Sandy Lane

“The application site consists of an open field to the south of the wider Mount Browne Surrey Police Headquarters site. The topography of the site rises towards the north-west with an elevation change being 10 metres over the length of the proposed road. The site has no existing access, but the wider Mount Browne site has two access points, one from Old Portsmouth Road via The Ridges and another from Sandy Lane which is also off Old Portsmouth Road.”

“In terms of designations, the site is entirely located within the Green Belt and the Surrey Hills National Landscape (SHNL). A Public Right of Way (PRoW), footpath 276, runs along the southern boundary of the wider Mount Browne site, with the proposed access road connecting to the eastern end of the PRoW.”

“As the site has been the operational headquarters of Surrey Police for over 70 years, it has a long and varied planning history. However, none of the historic applications are considered relevant to the proposals now before the Council.”

“Reference: Description: Decision Summary: Appeal: 23/P/01850 – The University of Law Braboeuf Manor, Portsmouth Road, GU3 1HA Full planning application for the demolition and retention of existing buildings and erection of new buildings to provide extra care housing (Use Class C2) and associated ancillary accommodation and amenity space, public realm works, at-grade car parking (existing), plus restoration and upgrade works to Braboeuf Manor (ancillary accommodation and…”

“However, the benefits of the scheme are substantial and wide ranging. The scheme would deliver a private, safer and more efficiency access for the Police to respond to emergencies, reducing response times over the catchment area. Even small improvements to Police response times can have a large positive impact on how emergencies can be handled.”

“Notwithstanding certain identified conflicts with relevant development plan policies above, overall the proposal accords with the development plan read as a whole. Following the balancing exercise, it is felt that the harm caused to the Green Belt, as well as the other harm identified, is clearly outweighed by the benefits of the proposal and in particular the benefit of improved police response times.”

“The Committee received a presentation from the Principal Planning Officer, noting that this was the second of two related applications, the first being for the wider redevelopment of the Police Headquarters campus. Both had originally been approved by the Committee in November 2024. The current application was brought back for consideration at the same time as the campus scheme to ensure consistency and transparency.”

“It was confirmed that the proposal itself was unchanged from that previously approved. Unlike the main campus application, there had been no alterations to Environment Agency flood risk RECORDED VOTE LIST”

“COUNCILLOR FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 1 Cllr Bilal Akhtar X 2 Cllr Masuk Miah X 3 Cllr Howard Smith X 4 Cllr Maddy Redpath X 5 Cllr Dominique Williams X 6 Cllr Joss Bigmore X 7 Cllr Patrick Oven X 8 Cllr Lizzie Griffiths X 9 Cllr Yves de Contades X 10 Cllr Joanne Shaw X 11 Cllr Vanessa King X 12 Cllr David Bilbe X 13 Cllr Stephen Hives X 14 Cllr Richard Mills OBE X TOTALS 14”

“The Chair moved the officer recommendation, seconded by Councillor Akhtar, which was carried.”

“RESOLVED: That; i. Delegated authority be granted to the Assistant Director of Planning to grant permission and make minor amendments to the wording of conditions subject to the applicant entering into a Section 106 Agreement to secure: • Monitoring of onsite Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) • Implementation of the proposed landscaping ii.”