Peter Stewart

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Planet Reigate podcast for Reigate and Redhill and Merstham and Buckland, Betchworth and Brockham and down to Hawley and Lye and Outwood as well. RH123 and a little bit of RH62. I'm Peter Stewart. So it turns out that a high-rise building development in Redhill Town Centre will not go ahead, at least not for now.

Planet Reigate podcast for Reigate and Redhill and Merstham and Buckland, Betchworth and Brockham and down to Hawley and Lye and Outwood as well. RH123 and a little bit of RH62. I'm Peter Stewart. So it turns out that a high-rise building development in Redhill Town Centre will not go ahead, at least not for now.

Solum Regeneration was stopped from building two 255-home tower blocks on the car park next to the train station yesterday. at a council meeting on Wednesday evening. So, the application received around 2,000 letters of objection, with the residents' group calling the development a monstrosity. Solon Regeneration said the plans would make Redhill Railway Station more accessible with...

Solum Regeneration was stopped from building two 255-home tower blocks on the car park next to the train station yesterday. at a council meeting on Wednesday evening. So, the application received around 2,000 letters of objection, with the residents' group calling the development a monstrosity. Solon Regeneration said the plans would make Redhill Railway Station more accessible with...

new shops and passenger areas while also providing homes. So one of the blocks would have ranged from 10 to 15 stories and the other between 7 and 14 stories. Nearly half of the planned homes would have been one-bedroom apartments with a further 18 studio apartments. But the developer said it wasn't viable to provide any affordable housing.

new shops and passenger areas while also providing homes. So one of the blocks would have ranged from 10 to 15 stories and the other between 7 and 14 stories. Nearly half of the planned homes would have been one-bedroom apartments with a further 18 studio apartments. But the developer said it wasn't viable to provide any affordable housing.

Campaigners said the towers were too high, they would increase traffic, especially going onto the bridge to a new drop-off point up Redstone Hill.

Campaigners said the towers were too high, they would increase traffic, especially going onto the bridge to a new drop-off point up Redstone Hill.

So imagine all of those people underneath the railway arch, some people going to the school, some people going then up round that corner, couple of sets of traffic lights, just past the Toby and then right, drop people off and then back down and back underneath that railway bridge again.

So imagine all of those people underneath the railway arch, some people going to the school, some people going then up round that corner, couple of sets of traffic lights, just past the Toby and then right, drop people off and then back down and back underneath that railway bridge again.

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council's planning committee agreed and turned down the application Wednesday night. And afterwards, I spoke with East Redhill Residents Association's Fiona Scott and Jan Sharman.

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council's planning committee agreed and turned down the application Wednesday night. And afterwards, I spoke with East Redhill Residents Association's Fiona Scott and Jan Sharman.

You say that you were speaking to the developers over the course of several months, presumably.

You say that you were speaking to the developers over the course of several months, presumably.

I should say that I've spoken to them tonight and I asked them, to record an interview but they've declined that. They're going to send me a statement instead. How welcoming were the developers in talking to you and perhaps coming to some kind of compromise over the months?

I should say that I've spoken to them tonight and I asked them, to record an interview but they've declined that. They're going to send me a statement instead. How welcoming were the developers in talking to you and perhaps coming to some kind of compromise over the months?

A lot of talk was made tonight about the character of Redhill, and you mentioned the height of those potential developments, which have now been turned down, at least for the moment. Of course, they could come back with some more alterations and so on. What is the character of Redhill?

A lot of talk was made tonight about the character of Redhill, and you mentioned the height of those potential developments, which have now been turned down, at least for the moment. Of course, they could come back with some more alterations and so on. What is the character of Redhill?