A planning application for a total of 520 houses just to the North side of the A3 was approved by Guildford Borough Council on 10th June 2021. The site known as Garlick’s Arch will be developed in two phases – 220 fully approved and 300 at a later stage. The plans provide for access to the site by roundabouts on the Portsmouth Road and on the A247 (near the A3 overbridge). In addition, some 16 ha. of land on the South side of the A3 on Tithebarns Lane will be developed as a SANG to provide public open space; this will be connected to the A247 by a footpath. The planning permission required the developer to provide a sum of £860,000 for improved bus services and also funds for pedestrian access between the development and the SANG (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace).
The developers are funding thirty-six new early year places at Send Primary and more places in other primary and secondary schools within a five-mile radius.
Phase Three will be in Ripley parish and has yet to go through planning permission yet.