5 storeys high on Horsell Moor?

As I highlighted here a couple of weeks ago the laundry site in Horsell Moor is closing and and a developer wants to put retirement apartments on the site. Pegasus Life is the developer and Lexington Communications are managing the consultation process.

I attended the exhibition for the proposals today and learn that 33 apartments with a day time concierge and 34 parking spaces is being suggested.  The development would be a mix of 1 and 2 bedroom flats and plans show a pleasant central garden area. 

The building will be a reasonable 2 storeys high closest to homes on Horsell Moor but this will be stepped up to a massive 5 storeys facing the cricket green. This is explained as fitting in with other industrial units nearby.  

Well here is Jewsons next door. Nowhere near 5 storeys high.

Then there is LA Fitness. Again nowhere close to 5 storeys high.

You have go up to Victoria Way and look at Century Court, the flats facing the town centre, to find a 5 storey high development.

Five storeys will be vastly out of keeping with the houses and other buildings nearby.  Allowing a developer to build so high could create a precedent for future developments in Horsell.

Proposals for Retirement Apartments on Horsell Moor

White Knight laundry in Horsell Moor -
proposed site for Retirement Apartments

PegasusLife want to build retirement apartments on the site of the White Knight laundry on Horsell Moor. The laundry plans to close this summer and move its work to another White Knight site.

PegasusLife has yet to submit a planning application to Woking Borough Council but Horsell already features on the PegasusLife web site and local residents have just had notices about a consultation event through their doors.

The consultation on the proposals is being run by a London based PR company Lexington Communications.

A consultation event is planned for Tuesday 26 May at The Lightbox from 2pm to 7.30pm.

This is the day after Bank Holiday Monday and during the school half term.  I have written to Lexington pointing out that a number of people who may be interested in PegasusLife's plans may well be away on family breaks or visiting family at this time.  I will advise of their response when I receive it.

Update - reply received from Lexington Communications
I received the following reply in response to my email to Lexington Communications querying the date of the consultation event:

"Thank you for getting in contact about our consultation for the proposed retirement homes on Horsell Moor. Our consultation process shall continue after the exhibition event taking place on 26 May and we will be more than happy to issue the information exhibited via email or post to anybody that is unable to attend, so that they can view and comment upon the plans at their own convenience."

The email address for Lexington Communications is whiteknight@lexcomm.co.uk