Part d - Chapter twelve - site allocations
ALT6 – Land at Wilsom Road, Alton LAA Reference Site Size (Ha) Existing Use Proposed Future Use
WOR-004 3.6 ha Agriculture Employment
Site Description The site is located to the southeast of Alton on land to the east of Wilsom Road. It is bordered by Wilsom Road to the west, the A31 to the east and Alton Business Centre/Omega Park to the north. The site is an existing allocation in the Housing & Employment Allocations Plan (adopted 2016). Alton town centre and rail station are within walking/cycling distance to the northwest of the site. The site is greenfield (undeveloped) with mature trees and hedgerows along its eastern boundary, and includes a section of the River Wey, which bisects the site from south to north. Current access is provided via a field entrance (gated) along Wilsom Road. There are several linear detached residential properties on the opposite (western) side of Wilsom Road. There are two public rights of way are in very close proximity to the site, The Hangers Way skirts the northern boundary and Writers Way passes the southern point of the site. Bus stops are present on Wilsom Road to the north and south of the site and a pedestrian footpath is present on the western side of the Wilsom Road carriageway that runs parallel to the western boundary of the site.
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