Hook Park

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2025

Action №	Date Created	Description	By	Status
P㉕022	19-JUN-25	To discuss the re-emergence of the Hook Park planning consultation and add it to our next agenda.	Clerk	COMPLETED BY 17-JUL

2024

August 2024

To consider the Hook Park development and agree any action required.

Please find attached notes of the meeting held with Hook Ward councillors (Appendix 4) and also notes from Cllr Bray following a Teams meeting with Senior SCC Officers (Appendix 5).

(extract from Planning Committee meeting, 28th August 2025, item 13)

APPENDIX 4: Note of a Meeting with RBK Hook Ward Councillors held 4th August 2025

Present: CPC Cllrs Michael Collon, Gil Bray, John Burns and Anthony Sheppard; RBK Councillors for Ward of Hook & Chessington North: Lorraine Dunstone and Sue Ansari.

Key points from the discussion were as follows. All present welcomed the opportunity to engage on this major development.

1. Many Hook residents are opposed to the proposed Hook Park Development, particularly because of the traffic issues and the size of the blocks, up to 8 storeys, which are out of keeping with anything else in the area..
2. RBK has a policy of no building on Green Belt. CPC commented that it would be good to see this messy piece of land cleaned up and put to good use, but agreed that the proposed scheme was too dense and had major traffic issues. There had been an earlier proposal some years ago from the same developer for a much less dense development, which some residents now thought would be preferable.
3. So far, RBK officers have only had one brief contact with the developer. It was noted that an Environmental Impact Assessment is due to commence, which will take several months to complete, before an outline application could be submitted.
4. Cllr Burns outlined the serious issues presented by the proposed ingress/egress at the N end of the site to/from the A309. Action: Cllr Sheppard to forward Cllr Burns' paper to Cllrs Dunstone and Ansari. CPC explained their objections to large flows of traffic being directed through Claygate. It was noted there was strong opposition from Hook residents to increased traffic in Clayton Road. The developers had spoken about the possibility of widening Clayton Road to allow a regular bus service to access the development, but it was unclear if this would be practical.
5. CPC said they would be interested in a round table discussion of highways issues between CPC, RBK and Surrey Highways. Cllr Dunstone indicated she would like to see a detailed discussion of highways issues sooner rather than later. Action: Cllr Dunstone to establish with RBK officers if such a discussion would be possible at pre-application stage.
6. CPC asked about the very limited allowance of parking spaces (0.4 per dwelling). Cllr Dunstone advised that, in London, parking standards are set by the Mayor of London with a view to reducing car use and increasing use of public transport.
7. Next Steps. Apart from a possible Highways Round Table, nothing formal can be done until an outline application comes in. At that stage RBK would present it to the S. Kingston Neighbourhood Meeting, at which CPC would be invited to speak. The application would then be referred to the RBK Planning Committee. Meanwhile CPC will report back to its next Planning Committee (28 August).

APPENDIX 5: HOOK PARK DEVELOPMENT

Cllr Bray noted a Teams meeting with Senior SCC officers about the Hook Park development which he attended with Cllr Sheppard, Cllr Collon and Cllr Burns. The main takeaways were:

1. SCC & the developer have just recently started pre-app discussions and, in particular, proposals we have seen as regards access and egress at the north end of the development were already changing.
2. As regards arrangements at the south end, one officer said that they feel the “the front door of the development” should face Kingston. As such, while they were not explicit, it seems SCC have sympathy with the idea that massive traffic flows through Claygate should be avoided.
3. An Environmental Impact Assessment needs to be done which it is believed could take six months. As such, it’s unlikely that an application, as such, will be forthcoming this year. As such, we probably have plenty of time to discuss next steps. One possibility is that we consider, at least, trying to meet with the developers, and RBK, at some point.

July 2024

Considerations on the Hook Park development.

Councillor Collon reported. Until the new NPPF is in place, there is nothing further for the Council at this stage. It was agreed that no action is currently required.

(extract from Planning Committee meeting, 18th July 2024, item 14)

2020

AP73 Clerk to circulate the link, www.hook-park.co.uk, to Cllrs for review. DONE. (PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING MEETING 5-NOV-20)

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RBK Local Plan & Hook Park Development Status and any action arising.

The Clerk updated the Committee on the communication received from the Head of Planning at EBC. They noted that EBC are aware of the Hook Park developer’s promotion video and had been in contact with Kingston for clarification. The developer is seeking to promote the site through the Kingston Local Plan so there is nothing formal to consider or respond to yet but they will keep an eye on it and check in with Kingston officers from time to time to see what their views on the site are. At present Kingston have not agreed or consulted on a preferred growth strategy for the borough and so have not considered whether it would support a proposal of this nature.

AP79 John Bamford to circulate map of all proposed developments related to the Hook Park Development and the RBK local plan timetable. (PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING MEETING 5-NOV-20)

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Matters for Information Purposes Only.

CS raised that the proposed Hook Park development will have a significant impact on highways around Claygate if it happens. It was noted that CPC is monitoring the situation and had been in touch with the Head of Planning at EBC who is also monitoring the situation. As things stand the Hook Park development is only at concept stage and the development company are trying to get it included in the RBK local plan. (PARISH COUNCIL H&TE MEETING 29-OCT-20)

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Matters for information purposes only.

Hook Park Development - Consultation by the developer (between now and 17th October) about proposals for Hook Park development on the entire site of land around and including Chessington Equestrian Centre. The consultation is by the owning company so will only be used by them for what we assume will be a future submission for potential inclusion in the Kingston Local Plan. Neither RBK nor the developer have contacted the Parish Council. (PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING MEETING 8-OCT-20)

Sources

• https://hook-park.co.uk/