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Below are a few of the Policies announced by Woking Borough Council in the Local Plan
POLICY	DESCRIPTION
Quote	"St. John's Lye is important for its wildlife, landscape and for outdoor leisure. It contains regionally important scrub and woodland habitats which have been designated as a Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI)."
NE2	" ..protect the regionally important SNCI on St. John's Lye from development which harms their nature conservation value"
REC3, REC4	resists the loss of formal and informal recreational open space
Quote	"The area to the south of St. Johns is more open in character and designated as Green Belt. It is used for recreation, agriculture and has isolated housing."
GRB1	" ..protect the Green Belt areas from new building for purposes other than agriculture and outdoor recreation in order to protect its open character."
Quote	"Local residents use the area to the south of St. Johns for walking and horse-riding and Woking Golf Course. To protect the open space around St. John's."
	It is hard to see how the building on the Lye meets any of these criteria. Green Belt is to be protected, not at all costs, but from unnecessary development.