South Godstone Garden Village
Garden Villages are designed to be distinct, self-contained communities of between 1,500 - 10,000 homes
They will have their own facilities - such as shops, schools and transport links
and to include green spaces
Case Study Info
5,000 new homes
New schools
Including new secondary school for South of District
Investment in A22
Enhancing road safety and traffic flow
Public parks
Sports facilities and pitches
Connectivity
Enhancing pedestrian and cycle links
Improved rail service and station
New village centre with shops and services
Creating 3,400 jobs
New community services
Enhance sustainability of South Godstone
Why does Tandridge need it?
population increase, around 70% is because people are living longer
this reduces the availability of housing in the market
this is one of the reasons why housing in this area is so expensive and therefore unaffordable for many people
in order to buy an average house with a mortgage in this district, you currently need to earn more than£150,000 per annum
this district is 94% Green Belt and they will only need to release around 1% to develop a garden village
they have the highest proportion of Green Belt of any district or borough in the country and by releasing this small amount