The proposed sale of the Borough Council-owned Tyting Farm has attracted much debate over recent months, particularly due to the work of the Save Tyting Farm Campaign. As local councillors representing wards containing or adjacent to Tyting Farm, we listen to and reflect local concerns, and stand up for the long-term interests of our local environment and neighbourhoods.
We urge the Council’s Executive to retain the farm in public ownership and look seriously at its management by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. Their proposals for continued agricultural use, repair of land and buildings, and their vision for a biodiversity project on the farm are responsible, reliable and completely in keeping with the aspirations of many local people who have contacted us.
When we were elected in 2003, we collectively pledged to protect Guildford’s open spaces and countryside. In keeping with those pledges we call on the Council to deliver the future of the farm into a safe pair of hands.
Cllr Sarah Creedy
Borough councillor for Holy Trinity
Cllr David Wright
Borough councillor for Tillingbourne
Cllr Jennifer Jordan
Borough councillor for Merrow
Cllr Sheridan Westlake
Borough councillor for Merrow
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