SURREY Hills Board has joined three other councils in objecting to plans to build 44 new houses - including 13 affordable homes - in the grounds of Chasemoor House at Hindhead in an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).

The 4.2 acres of grassland off the Portsmouth Road, near Kingswood Lane, has been used as a football pitch and a putting and chipping golf range for many years.

For full story, see this week's Haslemere Herald