Idyllic Countryside - soon to become houses?

Coming Soon – An exciting development of forty (TBC) plots in idyllic countryside surroundings off Meath Green Lane - so says Marden Homes Ltd website http://www.mardenhomes.co.uk/meath-green-lane-horley-surrey/

The numbers refer to the pictures below which show the view as of January 2015.

 

LOCATION: Landens Buildings Meath Green Lane Horley Surrey RH6 8HZ
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: Refurbishment and conservation of existing farm buildings to form 9 new dwellings; demolition of existing bungalow, other outbuildings and structures; construction of 29 new dwellings, with associated garaging, boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping. Application for Listed Building Consent for demolition of outbuildings and removal of haha wall.

Landens Farm House was Grade II listed on 2 December 2014. According to the British Listed Buildings website http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-361748-landen-s-horley-surrey
the north west wing of the building is late  C16  and marked on the 1602 map of Horley as the property of John Bayall of London, which gave the name Landen's (a corruption of London).