内容摘要："I have the loveliest garden in town and the lunchtime trade is not there anymore" she said.

"I have the loveliest garden in town and the lunchtime trade is not there anymore" she said.

The OfS report acknowledges that the scale of change needed will not be easy.Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK, which represents 140 institutions, says universities are already "making tough choices to control costs", adding that the sector "needs to continue evolving".

She says the size of the challenge "is a source of serious concern".The University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich has cut £30m in the last 18 months - almost 10% of its annual spending.Prof David Maguire, the vice chancellor, says “difficult decisions” have led to a 20% reduction in the number of courses, increased lecture group sizes, less one-to-one contact between academics and students, and fewer staff in student support including in mental health and counselling.

Unlike big city universities, there are no nearby institutions to collaborate with, so remaining financially sustainable is crucial, especially for the many local students who live at home.Prof Maguire says universities need to know what tuition fees or direct funding they will get through to the next election.

“We don’t want boom and bust, where one year we’re up, the next year we’re down," he says.

"That doesn’t help anybody.”"We want to do 50% affordable because you need to be breathing new life in to areas that are really struggling to get youngsters to come in," he said.

"It's horrifically expensive as an area."Concerns raised by residents via the council's planning portal included the "very bad precedent" that the development could set in the village given the site's green belt classification.

Others mentioned the "horrendous" traffic situation in Leatherhead Road, with both the M25 and the A3 nearby, and that the new homes may "considerably worsen the situation".Mr Estwick said he understood frustrations regarding transport and that plans would include mitigations like car clubs, cycle paths and better footpaths to the village.